British butterflies are at risk of being wiped out by intensive farming as conservation measures are failing to protect some of the country’s rarest species, a study found. Species under threat include Duke of Burgundy, the Dingy skipper and the High Brown Fritillary, researchers have warned. Conservation efforts around the margins of agriculture are not … Read more
The billionaire ruler of Dubai is receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds in EU grants, including funding for his luxury Highland hideaway. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum’s Wester Ross estate received more than £80,000 and his Newmarket horse-breeding and horse-racing operation received in excess of £316,000 in 2019. Despite being one of the world’s richest men, … Read more
More than 7,000 years ago ancient Britons were among the first to star farming cows for their milk, a study of pottery fragments has revealed. Scientists from the University of York tracked the shift from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to early farming in prehistoric Europe over about 1,500 years. The York team examined the molecular remains of … Read more
53 different species of fish are at elevated risk of extinction thanks to cattle farms around the Colorado River basin, which have depleted the region’s freshwater supplies to grow water-hungry feed crops like alfalfa A new study shows cattle farms are responsible for 55 percent of the water taken from the Colorado River every year … Read more
When winter comes, an upsetting sight can greet office workers taking the train from the commuter town of Lelystad into central Amsterdam. Roughly 25 miles east of the Dutch capital, they pass a nature reserve called the Oostvaardersplassen, where herds of red deer, wild horses and cattle roam free. The 5,000-hectare plot is supposed to … Read more