BBC1 October 2010 Last updated at 09:06 ET A six-month ban on eel catching has begun as scientists try to find out why their numbers are plummeting. The number of eels in Britain’s rivers have fallen dramatically and nobody knows why. Eel catcher Peter Carter, whose family have worked in the trade for 500 years, […]
By Richard Gray, Science CorrespondentPublished: 9:15AM BST 03 Oct 2010 Frog populations are on the verge of dying out in some parts of Britain due to a disease which causes them to bleed to death. Common frogs, which are the most widespread species of frog in Britain, have suffered declines of around 80 per cent […]
The future of Britain’s conker crop is at risk from an “alien invader” that is attacking horse chestnut trees across the country. New research has found that the leaf miner moth, which weakens trees by making them shed their leaves early, is spreading faster than feared and has now hit as far west as Cornwall […]
By David DeFranzaSeptember 30, 2010 “A good photograph,” Ansel Adams said, “is knowing where to stand.” For photographer Michael Kenna, that has meant standing in front of icons of industrial society: The power stations that supply electricity to factories and homes, offices and shopping centers. Though his eerie photos capture a sense of nostalgia, his […]
BBC29 September 2010 Tens of thousands of people from around Europe have marched across Brussels in a protest against spending cuts by some EU governments. Spain has held a general strike, with protesters in Barcelona clashing with police and torching a police car. Other protests against austerity measures have been held in Greece, Italy, the […]
By John PlattSep 13, 2010 05:20 PM Populations of a bumblebee species living on remote Scottish islands have a lack of genetic diversity because of many generations of inbreeding, a situation that could put the region’s bumblebees at risk of extinction, according to a new study by scientists from the University of Stirling in Scotland. […]
A decline in bees and global warming are having a damaging effect on the pollination of plants, new research claims. By Richard Alleyne, Science CorrespondentPublished: 5:30AM BST 06 Sep 2010 Researchers have found that pollination levels of some plants have dropped by up to 50 per cent in the last two decades. The “pollination deficit” […]
By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent05 Sep 2010 8:15AM BST Ornithologists have found that species including the turtle dove, willow warbler, tree pipit and redstart are struggling to find enough food in the weeks before they set off in the spring to fly to the UK. The scientists believe that years of poor rainfall in sub-Saharan […]
BBC30 August 2010 Last updated at 02:48 ET The Firth of Clyde in Scotland was once known for its stocks of cod, halibut and herring, but scientists have warned that it faces ecological meltdown. The decline is echoed in many other seas around the UK that have suffered as a result of over-fishing. Richard Bilton […]
By Michael McCarthy, Environment EditorSaturday, 28 August 2010 Britain’s population of urban seagulls, the source of increasing complaints about dirt, health threats, noise and attacks on people, is now rising so fast that it may reach one million birds by 2020 if concerted action is not taken to manage the problem. The national population […]
