Nature
Shrew with a taste for the amber nectar
Binge-drinking Brits in Faliraki could learn from the pen-tailed tree shrew of Malaysia, which scientists have discovered can absorb large quantities of alcohol without showing any obvious signs of intoxication.
Inside Nature
Bigfoot: New evidence
Sunday, 27 July 2008
Hairs found in Indian jungle are of 'no known species' say scientists
UK's marine ecologists start to think big
Sunday, 27 July 2008
Sturgeon stroll to the Humber aims to raise sights on fish conservation
Mystery of tumbling puffin population
Saturday, 26 July 2008
Numbers of puffins at England's largest colony, on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast, have mysteriously tumbled by a third in the past five years.
Riches in the Arctic
Friday, 25 July 2008
New surveys show massive exploitable gas and oil reserves under the Arctic. As the ice melts, the pristine wilderness could become 'the new Houston'.
Invasion of the jellyfish
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Emergency services received 500 calls in a single day from bathers stung on the Côte d'Azur.
The salmon business: Can marine farming ever be eco friendly?
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Every day, a million Britons tuck into salmon, and demand is rising fast. Marine farming is the supermarkets' answer – but can it ever be eco-friendly? Martin Hickman reports
Egrets? We've had a few
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Rapidly spreading bird breeds in UK for first time as temperatures rise to warmer temperatures
Nuclear power plants could be built in protected areas
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
A new generation of nuclear power stations could be built in flood-risk or "environmentally protected" areas, under proposed rules set out by the Government today.
Spread of killer fungus threatens British trees
Monday, 21 July 2008
An aggressive new fungus-like plant disease spreading across Britain could destroy millions of garden shrubs, including historic ornamental plants, and transform the rural landscape.
Mystery plague set to wipe out France's crop of baby oysters
Monday, 21 July 2008
Baby oysters are dying in their millions along the French coast from Normandy to the Mediterranean, puzzling scientists and plunging France's shellfish industry into crisis.
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