Environment

Climate change has already changed breeding seasons of Britain's birds, butterflies, moths and flies

The Mini mum is just 8-11mm long. Other new species have been named Mini scule, with the largest, Miniature, a 'whopping' 15mm long.

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

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.

Shockingly over four million children are living in poverty in the UK. The figures have been released by the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) and they indicate that there has not been any rise in household income between 2017 & 2018. This leaves 30 per cent (over four million) of children still living below the poverty line. There is also concern from the Resolution Foundation that 70 per cent of these children actually come from working families. Chief Executive...

Only an estimated 120,000 reds remain in Scotland, after their numbers were decimated by habitat loss and persecution.

A new study has revealed the Galapagos Islands have at least 53 non-native species probably brought in on boats.

Findings in apex predators act as warning to humans of danger blooms present to health

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published data showing the prevalence of mental health problems among young people in England. The numbers suggest that certain groups of are at greater risk of developing a mental health problem in childhood and adolescence, including people who live in social housing, those whose parents have a mental health problem and those whose families need support from benefits. The research also found that children of all ages whose parents were in receipt of welfare...