More than 1m farmed salmon die at supplier to leading UK retailers
Mowi Scotland, which supplies Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s, blames a rise in sea temperatures for the deaths, while campaigners say expanding farms will make things worse
July 2024
‘Dressage is in trouble’: where is the line between horse abuse and training?
Charlotte Dujardin’s Olympic exit and ban has turned the spotlight on training techniques in the sport
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Swim with the fishes: is tuna tourism just a bit of harmless holiday fun?
Campaigners are concerned at how the tourist treat could affect the species, and how it could become an event like whale watching or shark diving
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Artificial light on coastlines lures small fish to their doom, coral reef study finds
Light pollution acts as ‘midnight fridge’, drawing in young fish, then predators, according to tests in French Polynesia
June 2024
The age of extinction
Wild horses return to Kazakhstan steppes after absence of two centuries
Seven Przewalski’s horses, the only truly wild species of the animal in the world, flown to central Asian country from zoos in Europe
May 2024
The age of extinction
Mass planting of marsh violets key to saving rare UK butterfly, says National Trust
The age of extinction
Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds
April 2024
On our plate
From petri dish to plate: meet the company hoping to bring lab-grown fish to the table
US banks ‘sabotaging’ own net zero plans by livestock financing, report claims
March 2024
The age of extinction
Scientists find skull of enormous ancient dolphin in Amazon
Banks driving increase in global meat and dairy production, report finds
February 2024
The age of extinction
Eating to save nature? Embrace potatoes, ditch meat and track your beans
The age of extinction
Prehistoric peatland plants and bugs found in UK ‘time capsule’
January 2024
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Ocean fungi from twilight zone could be source of next penicillin-like drug
The age of extinction
Bird flu confirmed among mass sub-Antarctic seal deaths as virus continues global spread
December 2023
The age of extinction
Human-driven extinction of bird species twice as high as thought, study says
About 12% of birds have died out as result of human activity in past 120,000 years, say scientists
October 2023
Animals farmed
Top grain traders ‘helped scupper’ ban on soya from deforested land
Cargill and ADM led push to weaken new protections for threatened ecosystems in South America, report says
September 2023
Animals farmed
Italy culls tens of thousands of pigs to contain African swine fever
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Breeding breakthrough paves way for controversial tuna farming on land
August 2023
The age of extinction
Non-native grass species blamed for ferocity of Hawaii wildfires
Failure to heed warnings over unchecked growth meant blaze was ‘a disaster waiting to happen’, say scientists and academics
