Drivers of decline likely to be habitat loss, intensive farming, climate change and light pollution Moths…
Month: March 2021
‘Bee-killing’ pesticide now will not be used on UK sugar beet fields
Government reversed a ban on a neonicotinoid earlier this year – but says chemical was not…
HS2 to ‘rewild’ 127 hectares around its 10-mile Chilterns tunnel
Area to be seeded with 70 grass and flower species and planted with native trees to…
Call of the rewild: releasing Britain’s rivers to ease flooding
For many of us across the UK it has felt like another wet winter; yet again…
Country diary: male wood pigeon has one thing on his mind
Crook, County Durham: With hopping, strutting and wide parabolic flights across the garden, this male is…
Australia confirms extinction of 13 more species, including first reptile since colonisation
Christmas Island forest skink and 12 mammals on list, which also includes the desert bettong, broad-cheeked…
Tanden withdraws as Biden’s budget chief pick
President Joe Biden is withdrawing Neera Tanden’s nomination to be his budget director, Biden said in…
Tanden withdraws as Biden’s budget chief pick
President Joe Biden is withdrawing Neera Tanden’s nomination to be his budget director, Biden said in…
Are poison-packed drones the answer to eastern Australia’s mouse plague?
A ‘low-level’ but lasting plague is costing farmers money in lost grain across Queensland, NSW and…
Shalanda Young shines as Tanden’s nomination languishes
Republican senators are turning Shalanda Young’s confirmation process into a dress rehearsal for replacing Neera Tanden…