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Trouble brewing for tea producers as coronavirus lockdown hits harvests
Trouble is brewing for the world's tea producers as the coronavirus lockdown shut down the harvest in several important regions, including the picking of...
More than 1,000 Extinction Rebellion activists taken to court
People may have to travel to London despite pandemic in one of biggest protest crackdowns in UK legal historyMore than 1,000 people who took...
Climate activists demand budget plan for low-carbon future
Climate campaigners are urging the government to set out a clear plan for a low-carbon future in next week's budget, despite the chancellor's decision...
Great Barrier Reef: drone footage allows researchers to count 64,000 green sea turtles –...
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Researchers have pioneered a new way of calculating the large green sea turtle population on Raine Island in the Great Barrier Reef. Using...
Climate crisis exerting increasing impact on UK, says Met Office
More extreme heat, less frost and snow, and trees coming into leaf earlier are among the signs seen in 2019 that the climate crisis...
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Revealed: 97% of UK marine protected areas subject to bottom-trawling
More than 97% of British marine protected areas, created to safeguard ocean habitats, are being dredged and bottom trawled, according to data shared with...
Coronavirus poses lethal threat to great apes, experts warn
The coronavirus pandemic could wipe out populations of chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans, leading scientists have warned.
Our closest living relatives, which share about 98% of...
Scatological science: how poo analysis could help save endangered species
Three separate species of banded langur have been identified after DNA analysis of their faeces, paving the way for targeted conservation strategiesAcross the world,...