Environment
Baby porpoises in Britain are being poisoned by their mother’s milk which has high levels of pollutants
The chemicals are particularly toxic during brain development and are transferred by female harbour porpoises to their young through their milk.
One of the world’s largest ice sheets is becoming unstable
Five billion litres of water was drained to the bed of the kilometre-thick Greenland Ice Sheet in under five hours – enough to lift it up by over half a metre.
Foodbank launching ‘reverse advent calendar’ asking people to donate daily gifts
Provide Devon based in Honicknowle in Plymouth is asking for donations so they can be distributed to crisis-hit families in desperate need of food.
UN chief calls warns climate change near ‘point of no return’
Antonio Guterres made his warning ahead of the crucial two-week climate conference in Madrid.
Minke whale found beached underneath Battersea Bridge
The whale will be sent to ZSL London Zoo for a post-mortem examination.
Attenborough: Boris Johnson’s absence from climate debate was shameful
Sir David’s intervention came as Boris Johnson insisted he wants an ‘unbridled’ media.
More than a third of world’s plant species ‘are exceedingly rare and vulnerable to climate change’
Researchers spent a decade compiling the largest plant biodiversity dataset ever created
Otter spotted for first time in landlocked Birmingham city centre
The otter was sighted along a stretch of canal near to the busy Mailbox shopping centre and entertainment complex
Rough sleepers in Britain are to be given pods this Christmas – previously used in ‘Calais Jungle’
More than £10,000 has been raised to foot the bill for the groundbreaking initiative, which is being rolled out across Bristol, Bath and Weston-super-Mare