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Hope from the ashes: A new generation of ash trees is evolving to make them more resistant to dieback
When ash dieback first arrived in Britain, in 2012, an emergency COBRA meeting was formed. The disease has since spread rampantly across the countryside, but there is still hope.
UK households with gardens urged to take action if they see these birds
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is urging UK households to take action for one of the most frequently ...
Record number of rare hen harriers killed or missing in the past five years, RSPB warns
MPs set to debate ban on driven grouse shooting after RSPB says more than 100 protected birds of prey killed or went missing ...
Smithsonian Magazine4d
Scientists Are Tracking Worrying Declines in Insects—and the Birds That Feast on Them. Here’s What’s Being Done to Save Them Both
In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...
Lancashire Evening Post on MSN4d
Record numbers of rare bird found in Forest of Bowland have been killed or gone missing
Record numbers of hen harriers have been killed or gone missing under suspicious circumstances in the last five years, ...
First Welsh bird flu cases in poultry for two years
A 3km (1.9 miles) protection zone and 10km (6.2 miles) surveillance zone were in place around each of the infected premises, ...
The Cool Down4d
Experts issue warning about 'unstoppable' flocks of brightly colored birds: 'We need to do something'
Ring-necked parakeets have taken hold in cities and suburbs across the U.K., and their populations have skyrocketed.
Feeding technique gives Scotland's ground-nesting birds 'breeding' room
A study focused on protecting Scotland's capercaillie population by managing predators through non-lethal means has seen ...