Turtle doves released in South Downs in bid to stop extinction
BBC News·7 Sept 2026
- Published Conservationists have released more than two dozen turtle doves in the South Downs National Park in a bid to help the species, which is on the brink of extinction in the UK, to recover.
UK weather: Cooler temperatures with wind and rain this week
BBC Newsby Elizabeth Rizzini·7 Sept 2026
- Published Meteorological summer is over, schools are back and so is the UK's unsettled weather.
Museum of Chelmsford taxidermy bear helps tackle wildlife crime
BBC Newsby Richard Price·6 Sept 2026
- Published A student has been using hair from a 120-year-old museum exhibit to help find new ways of solving wildlife crime.
RSPB marks 50 years at wildlife-rich Strumpshaw Fen
BBC Newsby Neve Gordon-Farleigh·6 Sept 2026
- Published A nature reserve tucked away on the Broads and home to some of Norfolk's most threatened wildlife is celebrating 50 years.
Flourishing green communities are changing lives in Devon
BBC Newsby Amy Hey·5 Sept 2026
- Published Four projects have been nominated in the environmental category in BBC Radio Devon's Make a Difference Awards.
Beavers released on Exmoor filmed showing signs of bonding
BBC Newsby Chloe Harcombe·5 Sept 2026
- Published Conservationists are hopeful that two bonding beavers who were released into the wild earlier in 2026 could help to strengthen the population of the creatures.
Cornish charity backs push for legal protection of resting seals
BBC Newsby Jake Wallace·5 Sept 2026
- Published A charity is backing a campaign calling for stronger legal protection for seals, saying human disturbance is harming their health and welfare.
Plea to give Thames seals space for everyone's safety
BBC Newsby Thomas Magill·5 Sept 2026
- Published Marmalade the harbour seal was a familiar visitor to the River Thames, often popping up at Greenwich and Rotherhithe in south-east London.
Manx space group urges election election candidates to back treaty
BBC Newsby Josh Cann·5 Sept 2026
- Published Candidates standing in the Isle of Man's general election have been sent letters asking them to back the island signing up to an international space treaty.
Cave art discovery suggests first humans in Ireland came from Wales
BBC Newsby Neil Prior·4 Sept 2026
- Published Researchers believe the first known humans to set foot on Ireland thousands of years ago were most likely from Wales, following the "exciting" discovery of ancient cave art.
Nigerians die after inhaling toxic fumes during alleged pipeline theft, community group says
BBC Newsby Makuochi Okafor; Karina Igonikon·4 Sept 2026
- Published At least 37 people have died after inhaling toxic fumes while allegedly stealing petrol from a pipeline in Nigeria's Rivers State, an environmental group in the oil-rich region says.
Isle of May puffin numbers plummet after extreme weather
BBC News·4 Sept 2026
- Published Puffin numbers in one of the UK's largest colonies have suffered after a drop in food supplies and extreme weather conditions, conservationists have warned.
Dedicated officer to combat homes pumping sewage into waterways
BBC News·4 Sept 2026
- Published A dedicated officer is to be hired in west London in a trial to combat the problem of water-polluting misconnections.
Islandmagee: Bronze Age whale fossil found at Portmuck Harbour
BBC Newsby Eve Rosato·4 Sept 2026
- Published The head of a whale, believed to date back to the Bronze Age, has been discovered buried on a beach in Islandmagee.
Indian farmers struggle to meet the demand for avocados
BBC Newsby Priti Gupta·4 Sept 2026
- Published Fifteen years ago there was almost no market for avocados in India, remembers Sunil Bopaiah.
'Miracle' eagle with broken wing soars over Scottish coast
BBC Newsby Victoria Gill·4 Sept 2026
- Published A sea eagle that confounded experts by surviving into adulthood with a badly broken wing has been spotted back in the skies above Scotland's west coast.
Wife of Bala farmer who fell into slurry pit says workers face stress
BBC Newsby Sara Down-Roberts; Adam Hale·2 Sept 2026
- Published The widow of a farmer who died after he fell into a slurry pit has spoken about the stresses facing workers after a rise in deaths.
Bristol scientists may have found first evidence of dark matter
BBC Newsby Dawn Limbu·2 Sept 2026
- Published Scientists believe they may be one step closer to detecting dark matter for the first time, but the findings have not been verified by independent researchers.
How a small island in Canada appeared, vanished, and was found again
BBC Newsby Nadine Yousif·1 Sept 2026
- Published A small, floating island on a lake in the Canadian province of British Columbia has been spotted again after officials lost track of it on satellite images following its initial...
One still missing after Grand Canyon floods kill two and prompts rescue efforts
BBC Newsby Grace Eliza Goodwin·1 Sept 2026
- Published All but one person missing after flash flooding devastated parts of the Grand Canyon has now been found, the National Parks Service (NPS) says.
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