4+ hour, 47+ min ago   (330+ words) The project, supported by £21,000 funding from Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund, is exploring how pigs can act as a proxy for missing native species such as wild boar, helping to restore natural processes that once played a key role in shaping…...

23+ hour, 12+ min ago   (385+ words) Reducing misdirected street lighting for example can really help, especially in areas with species that need low light for navigation. Turning off lights when you leave the house is also good for birds. “I’m looking out my window right now…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (373+ words) The hidden reserve that sits between Pride Park stadium and the River Derwent has been turned into a breeding habitat for an abundance of ground-nesting birds. Newly created open areas of vegetation and shallow pools are already attracting wading birds…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (271+ words) Animal rescue centres are “fit to bursting” with hedgehogs and foxes suffering from heatstroke during one of the hottest summers on record, the RSPCA said. Gardeners are being urged to create shaded spaces for wildlife struggling to keep cool during…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (464+ words) Researchers have figured out how to develop hurricane warnings, tsunami warnings, even an earthquake early warning system. But when it comes to predicting cliff collapses along California’s iconic shoreline, the science has been infamously tricky to pin down. THREE multimillion-dollar…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (477+ words) Cradling an Asian koel in his hands, wildlife officer Zaheer Ahmed gently stretched its wings as part of a health checkup to rehabilitate birds hit with dehydration or heatstroke in Pakistan’s capital. Pakistan -- one of the most vulnerable countries to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (187+ words) Animals Top This Place's Food Chain Magzter Under the islands’ penal code, a fender-bender with an endemic animal can carry severe consequences When the shuttle operated by the Lobito bus company (the sole fleet taking passengers to the airport) accidentally…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (414+ words) GARDENERS are being urged to take action to support bees, insects and other pollinators that are coming under threat from successive heatwaves. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) said gardens may become less hospitable to these invaluable invertebrates as hot conditions…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (414+ words) THE ARTIST'S AVIAN SCULPTURE QUICKLY BECAME A BELOVED MASCOT IN THE COMMUNITY One day in 2014, Flod's young adult nephew, adept at climbing, helped him hoist the 4-foot, about 10-pound papier-mache sculpture atop the 70-foot pillar. It fit perfectly. In the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (482+ words) TV presenter Chris Packham talks to YOLANTHE FAWEHINMI about telling the extraordinary story of life on Earth on his new nature series ONE of the “greatest joys” of Chris Packham’s job is learning new things about the planet we call…...