Historically, South Georgia supported the largest breeding population of southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina globally. Yet since 1995, this population h...

Plastic pollution is pervasive across agrifood systems, creating interconnected illustrative pathways of exposure and harm across environmental, plant, animal and human systems. This technical brief illustrates these linkages through four interconnected impact pathways and demonstrates that plastic pollution is a cross-cutting threat to ecosystem integrity, animal health and welfare, food safety, food security and human well-being. A One Health approach provides a practical framework to connect these impacts and support integrated, preventive and adaptive responses across agrifood systems.

Key points Our study is the first United States-based study to examine microplastic deposition before, during, and after a hurricane.Hurricane Helene, a Ca

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Researchers say children’s mouthing behaviour and products such as bottles may be to blame

Private shipping firms face fury from local communities and the regional mayor over a slow response to the UK's worst-ever microplastic spill

‘Plastic Pirates' turns pupils into researchers: by collecting plastic waste, they generate data that helps the scientific community.

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A large fire engulfed land near Dove Stone Reservoir on Saturday and has been burning ever since.

A bone collected by a British Antarctic Survey (BAS) geologist nearly 40 years ago has been formally described as the first dinosaur fossil ever found on the Antarctic continent. The vertebra was discovered by Dr Mike Thomson, a BAS geologist, during a 1985 expedition to James Ross Island on the Antarctic Peninsula. The expedition’s aim was to map rock layers to help future geologists and palaeontologists date fossil finds across the region. At the time, Thomson recorded it as a large reptile but it has only now been formally identified as belonging to a dinosaur. Finding the dinosaur bone in our collection Dr Mark Evans, palaeontologist and manager of the geological collections and labs at BAS, said: “This fossil was found by Dr Mike Thomson, one of the true pioneers of Antarctic geology. His work helps us date all fossil finds across the Antarctic Peninsula today. When I first spotted this bone in our collections a few years ago, I suspected it was a dinosaur. After looking at it properly, I thought it was probably a titanosaur tail vertebra. Looking back at Mike’s notebooks, he knew it was a large reptile so it’s very special to confirm his find 40...

Epic Times, Epic Measures is back! Emily McLean talks to us about pollinators and about Halifax becoming a Bee City.