
Hundreds of twitchers flock to see African bird in UK for first time
It is the first time the African bird has been recorded in the UK.

It is the first time the African bird has been recorded in the UK.

The crew, who are all men, are scheduled to blast off in 2027 to test systems ahead of a planned Moon landing.

Nasa revealed the crew for its Artemis III mission in Houston on Tuesday, the next step in the US space agency’s plan to eventually land astronauts on the moon. The announcement came two months after Artemis II’s record-breaking trip around the moon that surpassed the maximum distance achieved by Apollo 13. Nasa’s Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio and Andre Douglas and the European Space Agency’s Luca Parmitano will orbit Earth while practising docking their Orion capsule with two lunar landers ‘Earth’s first starfleet’: Nasa reveals Artemis III crew and project’s next steps Continue reading...

Artemis III will help test crucial systems needed for the planned Artemis V Moon landing in 2028.

Global temperatures are expected to rise in the coming months as El Niño begins.

The amount of planet-warming gases produced in 2024 fell by 1% compared to the previous year.

The authority wants a more consistent approach to trees and woodlands with more protections.

Simple tips to help the UK's butterflies

Plans to dig for 85,000 tonnes of coal at Glan Lash mine near Llandybie have been refused.

Beagle 2 reached the surface in 2003, but it was not known until 2015, a professor says.

Exclusive: Sir Paul Marshall’s climate views and those broadcast on GB News said to be ‘in direct opposition’ to those of Church of England The co-owner of GB News, a British TV channel accused of broadcasting climate change denial, has donated £28m to influential Church of England institutions that support climate action. This raises “serious questions”, say Christian leaders, given that Sir Paul Marshall’s views on the climate crisis and those frequently broadcast on the TV channel are “in direct opposition” to the Church of England, which believes that “responding to the climate crisis is an essential part of our responsibility to safeguard God’s creation and achieve a just world”. Continue reading...

While many dinosaurs were wiped out when a colossal asteroid struck Earth 66m years ago, one group survived: birds. Prof Steve Brusatte, a palaeontologist at the University of Edinburgh, has written a new book, The Story of Birds, tracing the evolution of our feathered friends from their dinosaur origins. He joins science correspondent Nicola Davis to discuss how scales first became feathers, how winged dinosaurs survived the impact of the asteroid and why their extreme adaptability offers hope that birds might also make it through the current environmental crisis Continue reading...