A woman baffled customs officials in Orsk, in Russia's Orenburg Oblast region, after she was caught trying to smuggle a single ring-tailed lemur into Kazakhstan. In a report from Russia's Federal Customs Service (FCS) on September 10, the woman claimed she was transporting the young female 'Georgette' hidden in her car to 'save the species', but did not have the proper export permits.
A captain has claimed he found the Loch Ness monster using the sonar system on his boat.
This week, marvel at a tree grown from an ancient seed, learn why Mount Everest is undergoing a growth spurt, discover a Viking mass burial, and more.
Parts of icy Antarctica are turning green with plant life as the region is gripped by extreme heat events, new research shows, sparking concerns about the changing landscape on this vast continent.
BBC broadcaster Chris Packham has said that fish farming must end immediately as he claims it is a “social and environmental disaster” following alleged footage of “dead fish being buried” in the Outer Hebrides ...
Peru on Thursday celebrated two decades since the creation of a genetically modified breed of guinea pig, a rodent whose meat has formed a part of the diet of people in the Andean nation for thousands of years. The genetically modified breed of guinea pig — known as cuy locally — is called “Peru.” It was created in 2004 at the National Institute of Agrarian Innovation, Juan Solórzano, a research zootechnician, said in the middle of one of the institute’s farms where thousands of guinea pigs are raised for study.
A black bear was hit and killed while trying to eat pancakes on the side of a road, an animal rescue group said. Appalachian Bear Rescue (ABR), based just outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, said the bear was struck by a vehicle near the city of Townsend. On Wednesday, the rescue group said it was "able to identify that this bear was male and further, what had enticed him to get so close to a dangerous, busy road in the first place - human food".
A pilot whale was found by dog walkers on an Isle of Wight beach.
Labour’s proposed ban on importing hunting trophies could do more harm than good, a study by the University of Oxford has found.
Wild boars have been seen strolling past a town centre pub – and the landlady says it is “normal”.
The bushmaster snake, belonging to the genus Lachesis, is one of the most remarkable and intimidating reptiles in the Western Hemisphere. As one of the longest and largest venomous snakes in the world, the bushmaster has earned a fearsome reputation.
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A £22 billion taxpayer-backed carbon capture scheme will be successful despite years of setbacks for the green technology, Sir Keir Starmer has insisted.
A UEA study says methane emissions from slurry stores on dairy farms may be up to five times greater than statistics suggest - but they have huge potential if converted to biogas.
Portugal, the world's leading cork producer, is finding new uses for the material, from footwear to furniture, as demand for wine bottle stoppers wanes.The material has "a negative carbon footprint because it comes from a tree that captures CO2 day and night", Antonio Rios de Amorim, the CEO of the world's largest cork producer Corticeira Amorim, told AFP. The push to diversify comes as global sales of wine decline, reducing demand for cork wine stoppers which have long faced competition from ch
A giant bear from the Ice Age and a 5ft-tall beaver could be next in line for resurrection by de-extinction scientists.
Residents of a coastal North Yorkshire town have banded together to clean up one of the region’s most beautiful beaches.
Researchers tethered 50 long-spined and 50 short-spined urchins outside lobster den and sharks were observed ‘smashing the whole thing’
New vehicle efficiency standards (NVES) will not apply to at least four large vehicles, source says
THE Scottish Greens have said the UK Government’s plans to pour billions of pounds of funding into carbon capture is no substitute for investment in renewable energy.
A terrapin has been rescued by Southern Water and kept in a staff member's bath after being pulled from a river extraction site in Southampton.
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