Intrigue soars as 75 starlings fall out of sky
Mystery surrounds the deaths of 75 starlings which fell out of the sky and on to the driveway of a house.
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Conservation group supports call for bluefin tuna trade ban
The future of the bluefin tuna could be decided within days, along with two
other endangered fish, the spiny dogfish and porbeagle, according to a
national conservation charity.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:22:08 +0000 Where Australia's sharks go to stay looking sharp
A pampering session at the beauty salon always works wonders for morale ? not just for humans, but also for sharks and manta ray fish. Australian scientists have discovered that these large marine creatures regularly congregate at certain spots on the Great Barrier Reef to be groomed by smaller fish.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Dolphin cull film 'lies', says Japan
Pro-whaling officials have reacted angrily to news that a documentary about a gruesome annual dolphin cull in a remote Japanese fishing town has bagged an Academy Award.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Michael McCarthy: A literary spell of warm weather
Spring came last week and so did its first notable event, though not in a flowering, an emerging or a singing, but in a publication: Richard Mabey published his essays. It might still be freezing outside, but getting hold of A Brush With Nature in early March was like being given an unseasonable spell of warm weather in which everything in the natural world suddenly bursts into life.
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Ecologists turn exterminators in the great rat hunt
The world's biggest rat-hunt is being mounted to rid a South Atlantic island of the rodents eating their way through millions of endangered seabirds.
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 After almost four decades, the elm stages a comeback
Hundreds of schools across Britain are about to start a project that could, one day, lead to the restoration of what was once a defining tree of our open, lowland landscapes: the elm.
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 EU nations split on whether to ban trade in tuna
European Union countries are still arguing about introducing a ban on the trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna. Conservationists say that such a ban is the only way to save the over-fished species from extinction.
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 The hoof, the whole hoof...Swiss to vote on legal rights for animals
Is fishing as cruel as bullfighting? Antoine Goetschel thinks so. The Swiss lawyer carries the distinction of being the first man in the world to stand up in court on behalf of a dead (and eaten) 22lb pike.
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Wet summers drive five British butterflies close to extinction
Five of Britain's rarest butterflies are on the road to extinction after three sodden summers in a row, the charity Butterfly Conservation reveals today.
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Knut should be castrated, say animal activists
Knut may be the first polar bear to have graced the cover of Vanity Fair magazine, but such fame isn't enough to stop animal rights activists from demanding castration for Berlin's ursine celebrity.
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 London Zoo calls time on park's football fest
It seems like a great idea, cheering on this summer's World Cup on a giant screen in a park with beer galore and 19,999 other roaring fans ? but not if you're a gorilla. Or a lion. Or an anteater. Or a squirrel monkey. Or a penguin or a macaw, for that matter.
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Thames Barrier closed again to protect capital
The Thames Barrier was closed for the third time in two days today to protect
London from a combination of high tides and swollen rivers following heavy
rainfall over the weekend.
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:51:52 +0000 Bees take flight to the city after fall in rural hive numbers
The buzzing of bees, part of the essence of rural life, may soon become a city sound. A new army of urban beekeepers is being recruited as part of an ambitious project to halt the worrying decline in British honeybees.
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Spring is back to normal ? after 15 freak mild years
Spring begins today, Monday 1 March, and it is running about three weeks to a month late compared to recent years.
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 The Big Question: Should we be keeping animals such as killer whales in captivity?
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Australia calls for an end to whaling
Australia has called for a gradual phasing out of whaling around the world in
a proposal submitted to the International Whaling Commission.
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:07:52 +0000 Italy's longest river at risk after 'sabotage' at oil depot
Italian officials warned of an ecological disaster as they scrambled to contain an oil spill that reached the the Po river yesterday.
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Coral reefs in danger of being destroyed
All of the tropical coral reefs in the world will be disintegrating by the end of the century because of the rising acidity of the oceans caused by a build-up of man-made carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, a study has found.
Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:01 +0000 Not so Dumbo: scientists crack elephant code
You don't have to sit through Dumbo and The Jungle Book to stumble upon a talking elephant: researchers in the US have discovered that the world's largest land mammals already communicate via a highly advanced "secret" language of their own.
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