Irish whale-watching company ends tours on south Atlantic coast and blames overfishing
Sprat fishing has disrupted the food chain and diverted humpback, minke and fin whales as well as dolphins A whale-watching company has abandoned tours off...
Category : Wildlife
Record number of river-blocking barriers removed in Europe, report says
Hundreds of dams, weirs, culverts and sluices dismantled in 2024 to help waterways resume natural course Europe dismantled 542 river-blocking dams, weirs, culverts and sluices...
UK sand eel fishing ban remains in place despite EU legal challenge
Creatures make up the bulk of seabirds’ diet but are fished for commercial pig food Europe live – latest updates A ban on fishing for...
Norway rules out fish farm ban despite ‘existential threat’ to wild salmon
Open-net farms to continue despite numbers of wild fish halving as minister looks for ‘acceptable’ pollution levels Norway’s environment minister has ruled out a ban...
Phew! Turtle doves shoot ban triggers bird species recovery
Western European population has risen 25% with ban and some UK sites have seen promising increases There are signs of hope for the turtle dove,...
Colony of invasive red dwarf honeybee found for first time in Europe
Discovery of Apis florea in Malta raises fears of devastating impact on native bee populations The red dwarf honeybee has established a colony in Europe...
‘It’s a proper jungle’: Rome’s rat and snake infestation blamed on waste problems
Pest control expert says warmer winters help creatures such as oriental hornets, snakes and rats thrive in the city A Rome zoologist says the Italian...
Olympic Games’ €1.4bn clean-up aims to get Parisians swimming in the Seine
Organisers expect 75% of identified bacterial pollution will be gone by the time the starting gun fires for the open water events Beside a sign...
Ministers mount last-ditch attempt to save EU laws on restoring nature
Representatives of 11 countries led by Ireland urge other states to help get legislation on rescuing habitats over the line A last-ditch attempt to try...
UN names veteran EU official Astrid Schomaker as new biodiversity chief
German’s appointment to head Convention on Biological Diversity follows global failure to meet any targets on protecting ecosystems The next UN biodiversity chief will be...
