25 h. ago How dangerous are wildfires and how can we stop them from getting worse?

The conditions for ferocious fires are expected to worsen as the planet heats up, putting more people at riskWith bigger and stronger wildfires becoming more common as Europe swelters in record-breaking heat, people will need to adapt and learn how to stay safe. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Rats the size of cats invade UK town as beasts come up through toilets

Council areas are being overrun by vermin as a result of historic local authority cuts, according to a pest control expert who said he had seen rats "scuttling about in broad daylight"

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6 d. ago Coming to a street near you: Meet Glasgow’s new ‘monster’ waste truck Wayne

Meet Wayne – an eye-catching new bin truck with a monster-sized appetite to help change the way people in Glasgow think about waste.

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7 d. ago Inside the cold, filthy, tiny cages where cruel family locked up poor dogs for years

They have now been banned from keeping animals

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7 d. ago Animals keep evolving into anteaters. Could this be the future of humanity? | Helen Pilcher

Even if we don’t develop long sticky tongues and a taste for termites, we can still learn a lot from these remarkable creaturesWho doesn’t love an anteater? I mean, apart from ants, obviously. With their long snouts and even longer sticky tongues, they trundle around, slurping up insects like milkshakes. They have handsome, bushy tails, which they wrap around themselves at night like a blanket. And they’re excellent parents. Giant anteater mothers allow their young to cling to their backs, rucksack-style, for periods of up to a year.Indeed, the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí was so taken with the giant anteater that he once took one for a walk through the streets of Paris. And before you ask, no, this wasn’t a cheese dream. There is photographic evidence.Helen Pilcher is a science writer and the author of Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-Extinction and Life Changing: How Humans are Altering Life on Earth Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Why do animals keep evolving into anteaters? | Helen Pilcher

Even if we don’t develop long sticky tongues and a taste for termites, we can still learn a lot from these remarkable creaturesWho doesn’t love an anteater? I mean, apart from ants, obviously. With their long snouts and even longer sticky tongues, they trundle around, slurping up insects like milkshakes. They have handsome, bushy tails, which they wrap around themselves at night like a blanket. And they’re excellent parents. Giant anteater mothers allow their young to cling to their backs, rucksack-style, for periods of up to a year.Indeed, the surrealist artist Salvador Dalí was so taken with the giant anteater that he once took one for a walk through the streets of Paris. And before you ask, no, this wasn’t a cheese dream. There is photographic evidence.Helen Pilcher is a science writer and the author of Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-Extinction and Life Changing: How Humans are Altering Life on Earth Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Record installations of solar panels, batteries and heat pumps so far in 2025

An accreditation body has reported increases in installations of small scale renewables in the first half of this year compared to 2024.

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9 d. ago Voices: I’m a pest controller – giant rats the size of cats are becoming the norm

After ‘Britain’s biggest ever rat’ is removed from a Yorkshire family home, veteran catcher David Parnell says it won’t be a record-breaker for long – thanks to genetics, careless humans and poor sewer management, our vermin problem is only going to get much, much worse

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3 w. ago Seemingly simple brainteaser leaving Brits baffled but can you solve it?

Keep your mind sharp by tackling this animal-themed puzzle.

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4 w. ago Keeping animals of all sizes, from cats to horses, cool during record heat

With record temperatures hitting the U.S., pet owners have to protect their four-legged family members from dangers like heat stroke and dehydration

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4 w. ago Small Canadian town reels after teen boy allegedly assaults eight

Police initially thought the girl was attacked by an animal due her injuries, but later arrested a 17-year-old boyA small rural community in Canada is reeling after police said the horrific attack of an eight-year-old girl was not caused by an animal, as they had suspected, but allegedly by a teenage boy who they have now charged with attempted murder.The residents of Quadeville, a town of a few hundred people in southern Ontario, are questioning local law enforcement’s handling of the case after officials initially told them to keep their children indoors to protect them against a possible offending animal. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Golden retrievers killed each other in fights and were left without fresh water at popular attraction where tourists paid to play with the dogs

The owner of the Golden Retriever Experience has been banned from keeping dogs for ten years after his animals were found to be living in terrible conditions.

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