Mussel pain: The crisis engulfing our freshwater molluscs
7 March 2018
Freshwater mussels are among the planet’s most endangered animals. Extreme conservation measures are the last hope for these unsung ecological heroes
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A cracking idea: The radical way to open up frozen seas
7 March 2018
Arctic routes are getting busier and some ships get trapped in the ice. Rather than smash them out with brute force, there is a more elegant way to free them
A deadly predator could save the UK’s threatened red squirrels
7 March 2018
Britain’s native red squirrels have been retreating for decades in the face of invasive grey squirrels, but predators called pine martens could help save them
Drones reveal huge colonies of 1.5 million penguins on islands
6 March 2018
Two massive colonies of Adélie penguins have been discovered on the Danger Islands off the coast of Antarctica, bringing the global population to 8 million
A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years
2 March 2018
A species of subterranean plant was only seen once, in 1866, and was assumed to be extinct – until researchers stumbled across living specimens in Borneo
Shock collars are a bad way to train dogs so let's ban them
1 March 2018
There are growing calls for wider prohibition of dog collars that jolt pets with electricity to train them. About time, says Danny Chambers
