The two commonest warblers of the oak woods, the blackcap and
garden warbler, are still singing vigorously, but now the foliage is so thick
they are not often seen.
Junk food is stunting the growth of young suburban crows, new
research suggests. To make matters worse, and like some humans, crow parents opt
to feed their young less nutritious food if it is easier to get.
Have we got newts for you – that’s
what workmen building a new £6 million water pipeline in the Vale of York are
saying after making a wildlife discovery.
Snakes slither using friction hooks, find scientists
Snakes can slither across flat surfaces without legs because
their scales act as friction hooks which catch in rough points on surfaces, a
new study shows.
A new partnership approach
to tackle wildlife crime in rural areas involving police, the Scottish Government
and partner agencies was announced yesterday.
More than four fifths of people
support the introduction of a nature reserve in our seas to protect stocks of
fish, according to a survey published today on World Oceans Day.
Zimbabwe's
rhinos are being wiped out amid a surge in poaching driven by Chinese demand for
the animals' horns, a wildlife conservation group warned today.
Canada plans to expand one of its most prized parks to more than
six times its current size in a move to help protect the habitats of grizzly bears,
caribou and other species, the government said on Tuesday.
The world's seas are filled with too much garbage and too few
fish with flimsy plastic bags and government subsidies bearing much of the blame,
activists and trade officials said Monday on the first U.N. World Oceans Day.
The bluefin tuna is one of the world's most impressive fish -
a predatory cruiser of the open ocean that can zoom through the sea at the rate
of 40mph and grow to the size of a small car.
An international group of scientists has called for more studies
into the impacts of large hydro-energy projects in the Amazon and other tropical
regions.
Higher U.S. ethanol blends seen spiking
food prices
Raising the allowable
levels of ethanol in conventional U.S. gasoline would help push up prices for
corn and other grains and ultimately meat and dairy, economists associated with
food groups said on Tuesday.
China and the US continued their stand-off over greenhouse gas
emissions targets this week, creating tensions as the world gears up for talks
on a replacement for the Kyoto treaty.
Swedish PM calls for national carbon taxes in
Europe
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
of Sweden, which will assume the rotating EU presidency next month, called Tuesday
for European nations to tax carbon emissions to reduce greenhouse gases.
The European
Commission is preparing measures to cap carbon emissions from shipping if the
global maritime industry fails to come up with its own proposals soon, an official
of the EU executive body said on Tuesday.
Britain will miss 2020 clean energy targets and the supporting
certificate scheme "will die" if the government does not spend more to support
renewables ...
Japan set to unveil timid target on climate change: campaigners
Japan on Wednesday will unveil a target of reducing its greenhouse-gas
emissions by seven percent by 2020 compared with 1990 levels, Japanese campaigners
said on Tuesday at the UN climate talks here.
