Environment
Gorillas grieve their dead and have funerals for them just like humans
Their macabre rituals are the subject of a new study as experts worry their prodding and licking of corpses may spread diseases like Ebola
Climate change ‘reshaping Arctic landscape’
Increasing ground temperatures in the Arctic are indicators of global climate change
Property company faces unlimited fine after destroying bungalow containing protected bats
Landrose Developments Limited ordered the demolition rather than spend more time waiting for a license after soprano pipistrelle bats were found to be roosting in the home in Stanmore, north west London.
‘Extreme scale’ of Arctic sea-ice melting revealed
The dramatic loss of ice in the Arctic is influencing sea-ice transport across the Arctic Ocean
Heatwave brings giant invasion of jellyfish as big as bin lids to British beaches
The 'dustbin lid' jellyfish have been spotted in unprecedented numbers
Climate change has already changed breeding seasons of Britain’s birds, butterflies, moths and flies
Climate change has already changed breeding seasons of Britain's birds, butterflies, moths and flies
One of the world’s smallest frogs is one of five newly discovered on Madagascar
The Mini mum is just 8-11mm long. Other new species have been named Mini scule, with the largest, Miniature, a 'whopping' 15mm long.
Deadly fungal disease has wiped out 90 species of frogs, toads and salamanders
The disease chytridiomycosis which eats away at the skin of amphibians threatens to contribute to the Earth's sixth mass extinction unless it can be controlled
Iconic animals threatened by surge in humans in Masai Mara & Serengeti national parks
Every year a million wildebeest, half a million gazelle and 200,000 zebra make the perilous trek from the Serengeti in Tanzania to the Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya to search for water and grazing land.