Hedgehog haven covering 222 acres for Solihull, England
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust has selected Solihull for its 222 acre (90 hectare) hedgehog haven, the first to be dedicated purely for the protection of...
Cyborg beetles’ flight controlled remotely marks the advent of insect drones
Scientists fitted little transmitter backpacks to giant flower beetles and managed to control when they took off, landed, hovered in mid-air, and turned left...
Let kids enjoy the solar eclipse outdoors, Scottish astronomer tells primary schools
Several Scottish primary schools are refusing to let their children go outside during the solar eclipse on Friday morning, March 20th. Professor John Brown,...
Alien life on other planets better detected using colors
The quest for alien life on other planets could be improved using a system of colors created by a team of German and American...
Giant Antarctica Totten Glacier melting alarmingly rapidly, sea levels will rise
A valley underneath the massive Totten Glacier in East Antarctica delivers warm water to the base of the ice, causing considerable melting, which will...
The Abominable Snowman Yeti creature is just a Himalayan Brown Bear, say researchers
The Yeti, also known as the Abominable Snowman, is not a hairy, giant humanoid creature but most likely just a Himalayan Brown Bear, say...
Arctic warming to trigger intense heatwaves and droughts in Europe and USA
Temperatures in the Arctic are rising because of human-induced global warming, which will lead to Europe, the US and other regions within the Northern...
Breathtaking meteor photographed over Loch Ness was a fluke, says John Alasdair Macdonald
Highland tour guide John Alasdair Macdonald was taking some pictures for his Facebook page when he captured this spectacular photograph of a meteor over Loch Ness...
Stonehenge was an ancient Mecca on stilts, says former museum director
Stonehenge’s megaliths were not used for ceremonies at ground level, but rather as part of ‘an ancient Mecca on stilts,’ says former director of...
UK has no national bird – let’s vote for one
A Times survey in the 1960s suggested that most people would have chosen the Robin as Britain’s national bird if it ever came to a...