An old wooden signpost from a national park is on display in the Natural History Museum, due to having 12 species of lichen living on it. The fingerpost from Exmoor has been part of the ‘Fixing Our Broken Planet’ exhibition at the museum since April to act as an example of an item recovered from...
Georgina Rannard Science correspondent Reporting fromNatural History Museum, London Gwyndaf Hughes/BBC News The full name of the new species is Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae dinosaur Gwyndaf Hughes Science videographer A labrador-sized dinosaur was wrongly categorised when it was found and is actually a new species, scientists have discovered. Its new name is Enigmacursor – meaning puzzling runner...
Joshua Smith Joshua Smith was given the Nigel Queree Environment Award Two students studying for doctorates have been awarded grants for their natural history work. Societe Jersiaise has given the Nigel Queree Environment Award for 2025 to Joshua Smith for his project assessing grazing practices. The study group gave the Roderick Dobson Award to Rees...
Tom Grundy BBC News Reporting fromManchester Coroner’s Court PA Media Kevin Campbell played for Everton for six years in the Premier League Retired Premier League footballer Kevin Campbell died of natural causes after becoming seriously ill with heart and kidney failure, a coroner has concluded. The former Everton and Arsenal striker died aged 54 at...
COMICI Marlène-Kany Kouassi is one of only two winners of Miss Ivory Coast over the last six decades to wear her crown over natural hair Long, flowing wigs and weave extensions have dominated the catwalks of Ivory Coast’s massively popular beauty pageants for years. Contestants in the West African nation often spend a huge amount...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Every Friday, as he’s done for the last year and a half, Mark Broyles hops in his truck and drives 20 minutes from his home in Big Stone Gap to Duffield, Virginia, to pick up two boxes of free food. Though...