Environment
Heartbreaking pics of whale washed up – tangled in fishing gear
An orange buoy and rope could be seen wrapped around the whale when it was found dead in Scrabster, Caithness.
Thousands of puffins ‘starving to death due to global warming’
A mass 'die-off' of puffins has been discovered in the Arctic's Bering Sea
Crabs change colour depending on their environment – despite being part of same species
The shells of tiny rockpool crabs which are often spotted along Britain's coasts include several colours and patterns to distort the outline of their bodies.
Pics show impact of dry May on reservoir on verge of totally drying up
Low water levels at Wayoh Reservoirhave caused parts of the reservoir to dry up
Village and town greens may be under threat
Britain’s oldest national conservation body says the latest judgement has consequences for the rights of people all over the country to protect land they have used for decades.
Eradicating elephant poaching is unrealistic until ivory demand from South East Asia is tackled
But the rate elephants killed due to poaching has fallen by 60 per cent in the last eight years.
Extinction faces Earth’s largest animals and birds such as elephants, rhinos, deer and pelicans
Human sprawl, deforestation, intensive farming and global warming will see the demise of large bodied wild mammals and birds over the next 100 years.
Oceans could swell nearly SEVEN FEET by 2100 – destroying homes of almost 200 million people
A study suggests it would wipe out over a million square miles of farming and other food producing lands - having "profound consequences for humanity"
Diver spots seahorse so rare that wildlife licence is required to even seek it out
Steve Trewhella has spent 10 years studying the endangered species of seahorse