More young people are going to the gym instead of the pub
A powerful change is underway in how young people in the UK socialise: more and more are choosing the gym instead of heading to the pub.
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Ecuador extends rights of nature to coastal ecosystems
Ecuador has made history again by extending its pioneering rights of nature framework to include its coastal and marine ecosystems coral reefs, mangroves, fish populations and all.
The UK has set out a plan to end animal testing
The UK government has launched an ambitious plan to dramatically reduce and where possible, end the use of animals in scientific research and testing. Science Minister Lord Vallance and other senior officials unveiled a detailed “roadmap” strategy called Replacing animals in science: a strategy to support the development, validation and uptake of alternative methods.
Glen Affric has joined Affric Highlands, the UK’s largest rewilding landscape
The world-famous Glen Affric National Nature Reserve has taken a giant ecological leap. Managed by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), it has now officially become part of Affric Highlands, the UK’s largest rewilding landscape.
Extraordinary image reveals one of the ocean’s most unusual dolphins
The ocean was calm when the morning light broke across the swells, and the photographer on the deck was still warming his hands on a forgotten cup of coffee. Then something sliced through the surface in a perfect black and white arc.
Chinook Salmon swim again in the Chiloquin Basin after 100 years
For the first time in more than one hundred years, Chinook salmon are swimming again in the Chiloquin Basin of southern Oregon, an event that has brought celebration, awe, and a profound sense of renewal to the Klamath Tribes.
Spain designated six new marine zones
Spain has taken a significant leap in marine conservation by designating six new marine zones as protected areas, expanding safeguards across more than seventeen thousand square kilometres of its seas.
Hope grows as deforestation slows over the past decade
In a world often defined by environmental decline, a quiet but significant shift is taking place in Earth’s forests. New data from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations offers a rare glimmer of hope: global deforestation, while still occurring, is slowing down.
Nature reserve becomes first in UK to record 10,000 species
Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire has reached a remarkable milestone, recording its 10,000th species of wildlife. Experts believe it is the first UK nature reserve to achieve such a feat.
Trees in the Amazon are getting thicker from increased levels of CO2 in the atmosphere
Trees in the Amazon forest are quietly growing bigger, according to new research that offers a rare bit of good environmental news.