Environment
Brown bears to be introduced to Gloucestershire woodlands next year
Visitorswill be able to walk in the woods with them
Secret of parrots’ intelligence revealed
Neuroscientists in Canada believe they have identified the neural circuit that may underlay intelligence in birds
New high-tech weapon in fight to stop killer Asian hornet invasion
Scientists have shown that electronic radio tags could be used to track the invasive insect and stop them colonising Britain and killing our honeybees
Watch – Over 100 firefighters tackle huge 50ft flames at rural field in Buckinghamshire
Footage captured by an eyewitness shows fierce flames and thick smoke engulfing the field of grassland yesterday afternoon
Neolithic trackway found while digging cables for £2.5bn wind farm
Archaeologists also unearthed the remains of an aurochs, a prehistoric cow.
Poor people really are more charitable than the rich, according to new research
They are more likely to share their money, even though they have much less to give,
Shocking images of huge fire sweeping Saddleworth Moor as 30 homes are evacuated
The blaze has been declared a "major incident" and the army is on standby
Urban trees can absorb as much carbon as a rainforest, scientists have discovered
The study on 85,000 trees in north London shows the importance of planting and protecting urban forests to offset fossil fuel emissions.
Mind calls for Government to scrap proposals for disability benefits ‘migration’
The Social Security Advisory Committee – the panel of experts responsible for scrutinising laws which affect the benefits system – have published the Government’s draft proposals for moving more than two million disabled people onto Universal Credit. The Government has said that this will take place between 2019 and 2023. It will affect around one million people with mental health problems who currently receive the disability benefit Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). Under these proposals people currently getting ESA will receive a letter informing...