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Shocked angler pulls piranha from pond
Thursday, 17 June 2010
A feared piranha has been caught in a British pond, thousands of miles from its common habitat in South America.
Goldcrest numbers plummet after harsh winter conditions
Thursday, 17 June 2010
Britain's smallest bird, the tiny goldcrest, may have suffered a population crash after being hit extremely hard by the harsh conditions of last winter, the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) said yesterday.
Why saving sperm whales is more important than ever
Thursday, 17 June 2010
When the International Whaling Commission meets in Morocco next week to discuss lifting the moratorium on commercial whaling, delegates might pause to consider an unexpected fact: the faeces of sperm whales is helping to save the planet.
Region faces drought order as water supply falls
Thursday, 17 June 2010
The threat of a summer drought is hanging over seven million people in the North West of England, it emerged yesterday.
Polar bears mouthing off at the weigh-in
Thursday, 17 June 2010
Male polar bears on the edge of Hudson Bay in Canada "mouth" each other before beginning to spar. Such fights are just for play but during the mating season, as the bears wrestle for supremacy, the fighting can be brutal.
Ancient rhododendrons of Heligan saved by cloning
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Andy McSmith: Rare plants were hidden behind the walls of a garden whose existence had been forgotten.
Revealed: the wasp species impervious to evolution
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Evolution has not altered the fig wasp in 34 million years, scientists have discovered.
Japan may quit Whaling Commission over ban
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
Japan is considering withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission if no progress is made towards easing an international ban on commercial whaling, its fisheries minister said today.
Funding to protect England's uplands urged
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
Farmers and landowners in England's uplands should be paid for protecting the landscape and providing clean water, storing carbon and preventing floods, a report for the Government said today.
We shouldn't cry wolf about foxes
Tuesday, 15 June 2010
The scourge of the countryside has invaded our towns. Holly Williams on a misunderstood creature.
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