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New Study Claims 85 per cent of EU Sow Farms Keep Pigs in ‘Cruel Cages’

An investigation into 16 sow farms supplying UK supermarkets with luxury products Parma and Bayonne ham has revealed female pigs are kept in ‘unimaginably cruel cages’.

by Nick Ames

UAE’s Great Battery Challenge School Winners Announced

Schools in the UAE have been awarded cash prizes after a record turnout for Beeah Education’s Great Battery Challenge

by Claire Wills

Appetite for Extinction. Frogs Under Threat from EU Demand for Legs

Why the insatiable EU appetite for frogs legs could see some amphibians disappear for good.

by Nick Ames

Octopus Numbers Surge off UK’s Cornish Coast

The number of octopuses seen along Cornwall’s coasts has skyrocketed with numbers not seen in the area for 70 years

by Nick Ames

Greta Thunberg warns we’re heading for climate catastrophe ‘fuelled by greed

Activist Greta Thunberg made a surprise appearance at Glastonbury to warn festival goers of climate change only for them to leave a mountain of litter behind

by Nick Ames

Project Mootopia: How Ben & Jerry’s has concept of cutting Ice Cream’s Carbon Footprint licked

Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s is putting its dairy cows on a special diet to curb greenhouse gas emissions

by Nick Ames

Honey, I’m Home! Stolen Bees Flee Thieves and Fly Back to Hives

Thousands of bees that were stolen from a Cornish country estate have returned by themselves after fleeing captors

by Nick Ames

‘Extinct’ Tortoise Discovered in Galápagos Islands

A tortoise from a Galápagos species believed to be extinct for over a century has been found alive and now confirmed to be a living member of the species.

by Nick Ames

Humpback Whale Which ‘Thanked’ Divers Dies Just Days Later

A humpback whale freed from illegal fishing nets off Mallorca has died on another Spanish beach

by Nick Ames