Cats should wear bells to alert birds to their presence. That is the view of Natural England chairman Tony Juniper who has come up wiith a number of ways to revive Britain’s declining bird population. Speaking to BBC Radio 4, he said:
Vladimir Putin is reportedly set to ban social media app TikTok in a bid to promote Russian state media. The announcement was made by Roskomnadzor, Russia’s federal agency for mass media, with the aim of redirecting Russians to domestic media platforms rather
The UK’s population increased to 67.6 million in mid-2022 because of rising migration, official figures have shown. The Office for National Statistics said this was driven mostly by international migration, rather than natural change – unlike the baby boom which fuelled growth
Conservationists will use artificial intelligence to gather “robust” estimates of Britain’s dwindling hedgehog population for the first time. The “world first” will lead to figures of the animals in different parts of the country and how these are changing each year. Dr
Fertility rates are projected to drop below sustainable levels globally by the end of the century, according to a new study. This trend is expected to create a divide between “baby boom” and “baby bust” regions, with low-income countries experiencing the boom.
Sadiq Khan’s “passion for migration” is partially to blame for London’s “population explosion”, a think tank boss has claimed. And Alp Mehmet also claimed the pledge to “take back control”, which crystallised the Vote Leave campaign in 2016, had proven “hollow” with
A Spanish tourist town has had to call in archers as an explosion in the wild boar population threatens human safety. Mijas town hall said it had no alternative but to take drastic action as the animals have been spotted in children’s
Cambodia is set to install hundreds of monitoring cameras and import four tigers from India in an effort to restore the country’s tiger population. The last tiger sighting in Cambodia was recorded in 2007 through a camera hidden in the eastern Mondulkiri
Over 40,000 children in El Salvador have experienced the detention of one or both parents as a result of President Nayib Bukele’s anti-gang campaign. Bukele’s campaign has led to the detention of over 76,000 Salvadorans, with families enduring long periods without news
It is up from 4.1% in 2019, Department for Transport data shows. There were 2.57 million valid blue badges at the end of last March. The eligibility criteria was extended in 2019 to include people with invisible disabilities such as Parkinson’s, dementia