Environment

An investigation by a national newspaper claims to have found traces in meat in some of two major supermarkets vegetarian and vegan meal options, which will worry many non-meat eaters across the UK. Following on from the horse meat scandal, this news may further lower confidence in the major UK supermarket chains. The Daily Telegraph reported that they found animal DNA in some of these meals. They sent the meals to a laboratory in Germany to be tested. These claims...

Researchers found that male dolphins retain individual vocal labels rather than sharing a common call with their cooperative partners

Tropical cyclones over land have slowed down 20 per cent in the Atlantic, 30 per cent in the western North Pacific and 19 per cent in the Australian region

Japanese whale hunters have admitted butchering 120 pregnant minke whales. In a report detailing a whaling expedition in the Southern Ocean, the slaughter of 333 minkie whales is detailed, of which 181 were females, including 122 pregnant ones. The report on the three-month expedition which began at the end of last year was submitted by to the International Whaling Commission. The grisly details will add to international condemnation of the Japanese whaling fleet. Despite an international ban on the practice,...

This spectacular set of images captures the bird diving from a great height

Members of the public were shocked to find the heavily decomposed minke whale on Sunday night.

Cal Major started Paddle Against Plastic to bring positivity to the plastic pollution crisis

But the the winner of the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers' Joys of Nature contest was a lovely picture of a pair of harvest mice.

Inmates at HMP Long Lartin, near Evesham, Worcs, are also being forced to use makeshift commodes because of a lack of WCs.