Birds This article is more than 3 years oldMystery bird illness investigated after German blue tit deathsThis article is more than 3 years oldMore than 11,000 cases of dead and sick birds reported in past fortnight
Thousands of blue tits have been found sick or dead in Germany, prompting an investigation by conservation groups and scientists.
More than 11,000 cases of dead and sick birds, mostly blue tits, have been reported to the German conservation group NABU in the past fortnight. Read More...
CrimeInterviewRobert Maltby on the murder of his girlfriend Sophie Lancaster: ‘The goth thing was an oversimplification'Simon UsborneTen years after Sophie Lancaster was killed by teenagers in a Lancashire park, her boyfriend, also left for dead, talks for the first time about his recovery and the ‘patronising’ way the crime was portrayed
Robert Maltby is nervous as he opens the door to his parents’ house. He still lives on the quiet cul-de-sac in Bacup, Lancashire, a 10-minute walk from the skate park where a gang killed his girlfriend and left him for dead. Read More...
SpecieswatchEnvironment This article is more than 3 years oldThis article is more than 3 years oldThis southern European native, first spotted breeding in 2007, is still rare due to a lack of suitable sites
If you see a violet carpenter bee, Xylocopa violacea, in Britain, it seems too exotic for our shores, and too big. It is up to 3cm long, the size of our largest bumble bee, and it looks even larger when flying with an impressive buzz. Read More...
