Posts having tag: enviromental issues
Osprey chicks tagged for tracking! Ospreys migrate between Scotland and Africa Two of three osprey chicks at a nest site in the Highlands have been tagged so they can be tracked via ...
Climate role for only polar bear ! Mercedes will be transported in a modified rhino crate The only polar bear in a UK zoo will be used to help educate visitors to her new home in the Highlands. Preparations are being made to move Mercedes from Edinburgh to the Highland Wildlife Park at ...
'15-year high' for rhino poaching! Rhinos' horns are big business for poachers in Africa and Asia Rhino poaching around the world is set to reach a 15-year high, conservation groups have ...
Jellyfish swarms flourish in heat! The waters of the estuary in Dumfries and Galloway were full of a swarm of purple jellyfish at the weekend. Picture by Brian McMillan. Marine experts have blamed hot summer weather for large numbers of jellyfish appearing in waters around ...
Kitten survives spin cycle trauma ! Toby the kitten is now back home after the washing machine ordeal A six-week-old kitten has been saved after being trapped in a washing machine for a 30-minute cycle. Toby is thought to have crawled into the washing machine in Stonehaven before it ...
AQUATIC DEER AND ANCIENT WHALES ! Matt Walker Editor, Earth News ...
Star bear Knut to stay in Berlin! Knut has delighted the crowds and proved to be a money-spinner Berlin Zoo has agreed to pay 430,000 euros (£370,000) to another German zoo in order to keep ...
Sri Lanka dengue eradication push! Female Aedes aegypti mosquito, which spreads dengue fever The Sri Lankan government is threatening to jail people who do not clean up water puddles in an effort ...
Panda twins among park baby boom! The red panda twins are among a number of new arrivals at the park in Dumfries and Galloway. Picture by John Denerley. Twin red pandas are part of a record number of baby animals born this year at a south of Scotland wildlife centre. The tiny creatures ...
Fake swifts to attract real thing! This swift is cardboard - but it is hoped speakers will attract the real thing A north London borough is hoping to attract swifts to the inner city - by playing ...
Stranded porpoise dies in Severn! A porpoise has died after getting stuck in the River Severn in Gloucestershire. The female creature - at first thought to be a dolphin - was spotted stranded on Maisemore Weir in an agitated state after making her way up the river. A lifeboat crew trained in ...
Honeybee mobs overpower hornets! By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News ...
Zoo's 30 chimps escape enclosure! The animals are known to be strong and intelligent Thirty chimpanzees have escaped from their enclosure at a zoo in Cheshire, forcing it to be closed. The ...
New dinosaurs found in Australia! Dinosaur discovery "a major breakthrough" Australian palaeontologists say they have discovered three new dinosaur species after examining fossils dug up in Queensland. Writing in the journal PLoS One, they describe one of the ...
NO SAFE HAVEN FOR RAREST ANTELOPE! Matt Walker Editor, Earth News ...
Honeybee mobs overpower hornets! By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News ...
'Wall of dolphins' caught on film! Cliff Benson, the founder of the Sea Trust charity which filmed the superpod, says the dolphins were an "awesome sight" A "superpod" of around 1,500 dolphins has been captured on film off the coast of Pembrokeshire by ...
Police dogs 'are an equal partner'! PC Davies has handled many police dogs, including one named Prince Nottinghamshire Police have spoken of their dog section's devastation, after two German ...
Climate change is shrinking sheep! By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News ...
Zoo unveils rare pygmy hippo baby! Leishan is now old enough to be seen by visitors to the zoo A pygmy hippopotamus has been born to a new breeding pair at Edinburgh Zoo, it has been revealed. The zoo said Leishan was born on 9 May at Edinburgh Zoo. She is the first ...
