NEWS AND VIEWS: A couple has successfully encouraged the housebuilding giant Taylor Wimpey to accommodate the movement of hedgehogs on a new development that they are building by incorporating holes in fences at ground level. Caroline and Chris Paxton started an online petition which gathered …
Being part of the EU has prevented the UK government from properly protecting UK waters from bottom trawling by vessels from Russia, France, the Netherlands and Denmark. In the EU you have to have the agreement of all the parties before you restrict fishing in …
A huge Chinese fishing fleet of 300 vessels has ‘raped’ the oceans around Galapagos taking several thousand tonnes of fish.
It has been suggested in a new research study that the death of hedgehogs on British roads might be three times the amount previously estimated and that there may be local extinctions as a result. Previous research indicated that 113,000 hedgehogs are killed annually on …
Chinese conservationists and researchers have built an arboreal highway by using a rope to span between two areas of a fragmented habitat lived in by the Hainan gibbon. This is the world’s rarest primate. It is also the most critically endangered primate species. Only 30 …
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): Sainsbury’s have put in a planning application to extend their Guildford superstore. The extension encroaches on woodland around the store where hedgehogs are often seen. The woods also serves as habitat for bats, birds and other precious wildlife. Brian May, the …
A springer spaniel has been trained to react when he spots a red squirrel which is ill due to disease which threatens to wipe them out over the next 10 years. It is called squirrel pox and it has contributed to a decline in the …
The concept of exponential growth is very important to us because it affects our planet dramatically. The population of humans on the planet is growing exponentially at various paces depending on which country were talking about. But I’d like you to listen and look at …
The Duke of Cambridge wants to leave his mark, he wants to leave a legacy as his grandfather has and his father, Prince Charles, has with the Prince’s Trust. He has set up the Earthshot Prize. He wants to create an optimism and urgency in …
