Latest Environment

Lake Vostok

Lake Vostok: what lies beneath the Antarctic ice?

Briefing Tue 7 Feb 2012, AT 16:33

Nazi secrets microbes, or nothing? Excitement is building at Russian breakthrough

Tillikum - killer whale

Is Peta's bid to free killer whales in Tillikum's interest?

First Post Mon 6 Feb 2012, AT 15:25

Conservationist warns that move by animal rights group to free SeaWorld Five is a 'strategic error'

Mole

Wind farm-bashing Tories give Ed Davey a baptism of fire

The Mole Mon 6 Feb 2012, AT 07:52

Subsidies appear safe, but it's changes to planning laws that could really scupper wind farms

BBC wildlife doc brings calls to ban YouTube's slow loris clip

First Post Thu 26 Jan 2012, AT 13:07

Documentary lifts lid on pet trade cruelty and leads to campaign to remove ‘cute' video

East Africa famine

How Horn of Africa drought became a deadly famine

Briefing Wed 18 Jan 2012, AT 15:23

Early warning systems were ignored because aid agencies and government were scared of being wrong

Top scientist savages think tank's wind power hatchet job

First Post Tue 10 Jan 2012, AT 09:07

Claim by Civitas that gas can be cleaner than wind power is 'out of step' with mainstream science

The Hoff crab, a type of yeti crab

The Hoff: new crab that reminded scientists of David Hasselhoff

Video Thu 5 Jan 2012, AT 11:47

A new species of yeti crab was named after US actor because of its hairy chest (with video)

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