Politics over science: Experts slam Sweden’s wolf cull; say it should learn to live with large carnivores

The wolf cull in Sweden will worsen the ongoing effects of inbreeding among Sweden’s lupines, say experts

When did modern lizards originate? A beast from the Triassic Period offers answers

‘Cryptovaranoides microlanius’ lived in limestone cracks around Bristol about 250-200 million years ago

Elizabeth II may have passed away but memories of Empire will always linger

The flow of Indian wealth to Britain and the ‘civilising mission’ of Empire may perhaps never find closure

Classify COVID-19 as ‘occupational disease’, trade union federation tells UK government

Section of Indian experts say the country needs to follow suit but is a long way off

Business can no longer ignore extreme heat events — it’s becoming a danger to the bottom line

Heat intensity of these events is also increasing with the frequency 

Bring back wolves, lynxes to Britain and Ireland, study urges

Restoring native predator populations could help to keep in check some of the most problematic invasive species around the world, the new study said

Food as history: Cambridge studies cast new light on early Anglo-Saxon kings’ relations with peasants by studying their diets

The studies note that social status did not lead to kings and nobles eating more meat than peasants; but once a year, both did gorge on animals …

Har Gobind Khorana: The chemist who cracked DNA’s code and made the first artificial gene was born into poverty 100 years ago in an Indian village

Khorana’s legacy has also suffered from neglect that may be a result of racial bias. But this neglect is changing, as a new generation of …

Global Eco Watch: Will Britain fall, ask folklorists after raven disappears from the Tower of London

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Global Eco Watch: ‘Strongest storm on Earth’ in 2020, slams into the Philippines

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

Global Eco Watch: Greenland’s ice sheet has melted to ‘point of no return’

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology  

Climate emergency: A question of semantics?

Framing the changing climate as an emergency is preventing progress towards climate action

New CoP president’s first foreign engagement disappoints

In addition to being regressive on equity, ambition and markets, Claire O'Neill also has disturbing ideas about the new mantras of 'net zero'…

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Europe’s Kafkaesque progress on climate action

The European Green New Deal is a pale imitation of the American original

Climate Emergency CoP 25: The inadequacy of net zero

The European Commission's Green New Deal's ambigously worded 'climate neutrality' target is concerning 

Let's take a less bigoted view of history

With DNA adding to the slippery narratives about the past; historians, archeologists, and geneticists need to collaborate if we are to take a …

EU lifts ban on import of Indian mangoes

Decision taken after ‘significant improvements’ in India’s export system

Death Tourism

Show must go on

Hydrogen powered Microcab

Blair criticised

In court

Porrit's new clothes

Industrial air pollution has high economic cost, finds study

The UK has 10 of Europe’s top 50 super-polluting power stations and factories

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