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Report on the effects of gamma radiation on marine organisms, particularly two common species of seaweed: Fucus vesiculosus bladder wrack and Ulva intestinalis gutweed.
Get a licence to release non-native bumblebee species in commercial glasshouses or polytunnels for crop pollination and research when native species are not available.
Today (Thursday 3rd June), hundreds of tiny worms are being flown to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of an experiment to understand more about human muscle loss and how to prevent it.
Biocontrol released to protect British waterways against invasive non-native plant
Environment Agency sends 200 tonnes of the invasive species for composting
Volunteers have helped the Environment Agency eliminate floating pennywort along a stretch of the River Cam in Cambridgeshire.
A 5 year partnership project to eliminate pennywort on a 23 mile stretch of the River Great Ouse has been a success.
Britain is working with the Carter Center in the push to beat Guinea Worm supporting its treatment and prevention.
Metre long guinea worms caused Sadia agonising pain. Find out how UK aid is helping eradicate the disease
New pest control methods help to protect maize crops.
Natural England has published a review of the current conservation status of Britain’s grasshoppers, crickets and related species of insects.
Invasive species week runs till 29 March and is encouraging river users to think about non-native species and aquatic plants such as floating pennywort.
Rare and unique fog oases ecosystems in the Sechura and Atacama deserts of Peru and Chile are under threat.
Speech by Sir Mark Walport at the Natural History Museum's 2013 annual science lecture.
Waste wood kept coming into a site in Devon, but never left and cost the landowner dearly when he was left to clear 10,000 tonnes.
Catch and release restriction remains at Watersmeet and Glenthorne Fishery as salmon numbers are still low after disease.
Britain is backing the Carter Center in a new project that will see the end of Guinea worm within this decade
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Be Plant Wise campaign highlights five of the worst offending invasive aquatic plants that are threatening our wildlife and waterways.
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