7+ hour, 5+ min ago   (402+ words) Beekeepers who feared a damaging new arrival of Asian hornets in the Greater Manchester area helped track down their nest after sightings sparked an urgent search. The nest of the non-native invasive insects, which prey on honey bees and threatens…...

7+ hour, 23+ min ago   (400+ words) Conservationists who have helped reintroduce a butterfly back into England have been awarded £150,000 to expand the project over the next three years. In total, 46 Chequered Skippers were released into Rockingham Forest close to Corby, Northamptonshire, in May, using a donor…...

19+ hour, 19+ min ago   (869+ words) There will be a boost for fresh fruit and vegetables and deep-fried food will be banned in what the government has called the biggest shake-up to school dinners in England in over a decade. Under new school food standards, fibre…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (583+ words) An 18-year-old has said being a younger worker has helped build her confidence as well as her social and time management skills. Jessica Marshall, from the Grapevine Bar in Herne Bay in Kent, said many of her friends hadn't managed…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (272+ words) Two wildlife visitor centres run by a charity are to close, with one being turned into an education space and the other being upgraded. The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire said the Nene Wetlands Visitor Centre at Rushden…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (320+ words) Mark visits the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen where researchers are carrying out a project to restore, preserve and digitise irreplaceable soil and peat maps, aerial imagery, field notebooks and survey records collected since 1947. Mark hears why Hutton Unearthed: A…...

3+ day, 9+ min ago   (617+ words) Temperatures are set to climb across the UK this weekend, reaching summerlike levels in some places. It will feel warm and muggy - especially where there are sunny spells - although heavy rain also features in the forecast. The warmth will persist…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (858+ words) A tiny snail found in only one lake in the UK has been dubbed as precious as an Egyptian artefact as conservationists bid to save it. Several British zoos are setting up so-called ark populations of the glutinous snail, one…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (174+ words) The National Trust warns species are on the brink of extinction in a valley of Eryri - Snowdonia - National Park. Science presenter Caroline Steel talks us through some of her favourite weird and whacky tongues from the Animal Kingdom. Once alleged…...

4+ day, 10+ min ago   (632+ words) Plans to build a £16m renewable energy research centre in Ayrshire have been abandoned. The proposed Community Renewable Energy (CoRE) Research and Innovation Centre at Knockroon, near Cumnock, was intended to become a regional hub for renewable energy innovation. East Ayrshire…...