Before the religions of the Middle East forbade eating the pig, it had already slipped off the menu. Around 7000 - 4000 years ago...

In an attempt to improve our understanding of how tropical forests will respond to increased atmospheric CO2 concentrations and climate...

I wrote about a new hedgehog conservation area in Solihull last week, and now there is further good news for the preservation of this...

As a society we are still learning the skills of recycling and living sustainably. It has been within my lifetime that widespread...

How can development in Africa be promoted best? One suggestion has been to utilize the wet savannas and shrublands to produce crops of...

A new genetic study published in Nature today shows that prior to the 20th century the British Isles had regional genetic variations....

Voted as the public's favourite in 2013 (via BBC Wildlife Magazine) the hedgehog is one of the UKs most iconic mammals and yet the...

How long does it take to form an island? The geology of the British Isles shows that rocks of the Outer Hebrides have been around for...

Crocodilians: crocodiles, alligators, caiman and gavials; are commonly considered to be relicts, leftovers from the time of the...

The ice age (not the movie series the period of Earth history) is normally associated with northern hemisphere animals such as woolly...

Warm intervals in geological time are increasingly used to understand feedbacks, processes and impacts of climates warmer than society...