Researchers travelled to Lord Howe Island to investigate the impact of plastic consumption on seabird chicks. Some birds were so full of plastic that scientists could "feel the crunching" of ...

London — The Monday collision between a cargo ship and an oil tanker in the North Sea "has a high risk of being an environmental disaster in really important protected areas," Naomi Tilley, Oil ...

(Janet Baxter/Wildlife Trusts) Local wildlife trusts have raised concerns about the impact of any pollution from the two vessels on an array of species, including threatened seabird colonies ...

To the north and west the RSPB’s seabird nature reserve at Bempton Cliffs. “We also need to consider any potential impacts on our estuaries, such as the Humber and the Wash. Oil directly impacts ...

Charities say the unintended bycatch is a particular problem in prawn trawl fishery due to the small mesh size of the nets. The fisherman, who took the video and asked not to be named, said it did ...

Alleged illegal dumping of wasteful bycatch caught on camera The film shows the seabed littered with thousands of dead fish, shellfish and a critically endangered flapper skate with rope wrapped ...

A microscope image of H5N1 avian influenza. Credit: CDC and NIAID Bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has been circulating across North America since 2022, infecting birds, livestock, wildlife, pets, ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Global sea ice cover reached a record low in February, with temperatures near the North Pole spiking up to 11°C above average. This decline in sea ice is ...