Greenland shark is longest-living vertebrate animal – video report
Scientists say the Greenland shark has the longest lifespan of any vertebrate on the planet. Julius Nielsen, who has been studying the sharks, says record goes to a female thought to be between 272 and 512 years old and is five metres in length 400-year-old Greenland shark is oldest vertebrate animal Continue reading… Source: Guardian […]
Why the Guardian is spending a year reporting on the plight of elephants
Elephant herds face an uncertain future – over the next year we’ll be taking a closer look at what can be done to help Welcome to the elephant conservation hub. Over the next year, with the support of Vulcan, Guardian journalists will be taking a closer look at the situation of elephant herds around the […]
Grouse shooting's rich, influential backers join forces to fire on critics
Supporters are trying to improve sport’s reputation through a campaign group with no members that is funded anonymously With the Glorious Twelfth, the 2016 grouse season is under way – and the first birds will be served up in many a country house on Friday night. But after raising a glass to the late Duke […]
Club owned by Shell blocks small Thames hydropower scheme
Club succeeds with an appeal to stop planning permission for the west London project that would power 600 homes A proposed small hydropower project in west London has received a further setback, as court judges allowed an appeal by a club owned by Shell against the granting of planning permission to the site. The project, […]
Chris Packham and Ian Botham clash over grouse-shooting ban – audio
Wildlife presenter Chris Packham is called an extremist by former England cricketer Sir Ian Botham as they clash over a grouse-shooting ban on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Botham accuses Packham of using his position at the BBC to promote his views Chris Packham using BBC role to push grouse-shooting ban, Ian Botham says Continue […]
Chris Packham using BBC role to push grouse-shooting ban, Ian Botham says
Wildlife presenter accused of extremism in clash with former England cricketer as grouse-shooting season begins The former England cricketer Sir Ian Botham has accused wildlife presenter Chris Packham of being an extremist and using his position at the BBC to promote his views on restricting grouse shooting. The pair clashed in a joint interview on […]
Tasmania rules out halving 'insurance population' of disease-free devils
About 600 Tasmanian devils untouched by facial tumour disease will stay in sanctuaries as insurance against animals in the wild becoming extinct A controversial proposal to halve the insurance population of disease-free Tasmanian devils has been scrapped. But the state government said it would continue to support the staged release of some of the animals […]
Sluggy McSlugface? Public invited to name 'flamboyant' nudibranch species
Western Australian museum runs naming competition for new kind of sea-slug discovered by scientists in the Indian Ocean The Western Australian museum is running a public competition to name a new species of “flamboyant sea-slug”, part of an order named nudibranch. The blue and orange creature is up to 8cm long and looks like a […]
Fixing water quality for Great Barrier Reef will cost $8.2bn, report finds
Queensland government study shows current funding is far less than what is needed to meet environmental targets and avoid reef being placed on Unesco watch list Attempting to fix the water qualityfor the Great Barrier Reef will cost $8.2bn in the next decade but even then some of the targets will be impossible to meet, […]
Energy specialists raise concerns about Chinese Hinkley involvement
China General Nuclear Power faces charges of involvement in conspiracy to steal nuclear secrets for Chinese advancement Further concerns have been raised over China’s involvement in the £18bn Hinkley Point nuclear power project after it emerged that the state-owned company backing the plant is facing espionage charges in the US. The chair of the parliamentary […]