A nature enthusiast from Devon has written a book featuring “a wealth of weird and wonderful” British wildlife. Charlie Elder, who lives on Dartmoor, has previously written books on rare and threatened species in the UK. However, his latest publication – The RSPB Everyday Guide to British Wildlife – is a guide to common and...
A wildlife park in Devon was evacuated, trained firearms staff deployed and police called after two bears escaped from their enclosure, it said. Wildwood Devon, a conservation charity near Exeter, said European brown bears Mish and Lucy headed straight for the food store after breaking free – before consuming a “week’s worth of honey”. The...
BBC The government hopes its new Planning and Infrastructure bill will speed up house-building A new bill which the government says aims to speed up housebuilding has been described as “catastrophic for wildlife” by a nature charity. Devon Wildlife Trust’s chief executive Nick Bruce-White has said it will give developers an open door to pay...
Brazilian authorities say they are investigating river contamination levels after a truck accident caused a chemical dye spill in São Paulo. The leak occurred after a vehicle carrying containers of a blue dye solution collided with a pole, causing the product to spill into a manhole connected to the Jundiai River. City officials say they...
A large wildfire that destroyed about 1,230 acres (50 sq km) of land on Dartmoor happened at “the very worst time for wildlife”, a charity has said. Farmers, Dartmoor National Park rangers and firefighters all helped tackle the blaze at the Dartmoor Forest area near Cut Hill. The fire started on Sunday and was extinguished...
Steffan Messenger Environment correspondent, BBC Wales News Clare Hutchinson BBC Wales News Garan Thomas This blaze on the Rhigos Mountain in south Wales in June 2023 destroyed an area the size of 140 football pitches Some of the UK’s rarest wildlife is being “torched alive” and pushed closer to extinction after weeks of intense grass...
Elliot Ball BBC News, South West The Ferry House Inn A beaver was seen swimming in the Tamar estuary between Devon and Cornwall A wildlife trust in Devon has appealed for help to locate the body of a beaver believed to have died after it was spotted in the Tamar estuary. Dr Matt Holden, from...