[ad_1] An Italian father and his son have been fined 60 million Sri Lankan rupees ($200,000; £150,000) for trying to smuggle hundreds of endemic insects - including 92 species of butterflies - out of a safari park.Rangers at Yala National Park arrested Luigi Ferrari, 68, and his 28-year-old son Mattia on 8 May this year after they were found with jars containing the insects.The men had lured the insects with
[ad_1] Jeff KerbyScientists were able to pin down the location of the tsunami to a remote fjord in East Greenland A massive landslide in a Greenland fjord triggered a wave that “shook the Earth” for nine days.The seismic signal last September was picked up by sensors all over the world, leading scientists to investigate where it had come from.The landslide - a mountainside of rock that collapsed and carried glacial
[ad_1] Cheers as Isaacman steps out of the hatchTwo private citizens have performed a spacewalk, becoming the only commercially-funded crew to perform the risky manoeuvre.Billionaire Jared Isaacman and engineer Sarah Gillis stepped out of the SpaceX spacecraft around 15 minutes apart, starting at 11:52BST, wearing specially-designed suits."Back at home we all have a lot of work to do, but from here Earth sure looks like a perfect world," Isaacmen said
[ad_1] Getty ImagesFewer than 150,000 western lowland gorillas survive in the wild in Central and West AfricaSelf-medicating gorillas may hold clues to future drug discovery, according to scientists.Researchers in Gabon studied tropical plants eaten by wild gorillas - and used also by local human healers - identifying four with medicinal effects.Laboratory studies revealed the plants were high in antioxidants and antimicrobials.One showed promise in fighting superbugs.Getty ImagesWestern lowland gorillas live
[ad_1] ReutersBillionaire Jared Isaacman is funding and commanding the Polaris Dawn MissionBillionaire Jared Isaacman has taken off in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket for what he hopes will be the first ever privately funded spacewalk.The mission, called Polaris Dawn, is the first of three funded by the founder of payments processing business Shift4. He is onboard as commander alongside his close friend Scott 'Kidd' Poteet, who is a retired air
[ad_1] BBCA repeating tone - blip, blip, blip - is the audible reminder that we are in one of the most hazardous nuclear sites in the world: Sellafield.That sound - pulsing from speakers inside the cavernous fuel-handling plant - is a signal that everything is functioning as it should.That is comforting because Sellafield, in Cumbria, is the temporary home to the vast majority of the UK’s radioactive nuclear waste, as
[ad_1] NASAButch Wilmore and Suni Williams will remain in space until February 2025Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is set to begin its journey back to Earth - but the astronauts it was supposed to be carrying will stay behind on the International Space Station.The empty craft, which has been switched to autonomous mode, is scheduled to undock from the orbiting lab at 23:04 BST (18:04 EDT).The capsule, which suffered technical problems after
[ad_1] Getty ImagesLast year the National Bee Unit found and destroyed 72 Asian hornet nestsBee inspectors in the South East are battling to destroy Asian hornet nests before new queens hatch later this month.The Animal Plant Health Agency’s (APHA) bee team has already discovered 10 nests in Kent and Sussex, an area of the UK mainland which has witnessed most sightings of the invasive species. One nest could contain thousands
[ad_1] Getty ImagesPuffins are on the red list of Birds of Conservation ConcernA puffin population has been declared "stable" following fears that bird flu might have had a more devastating effect. The first full count for five years on the Farne Islands off Northumberland has revealed the endangered species has in fact increased by 15% since 2019.There are now thought to be 50,000 breeding pairs on the site, which is
[ad_1] Getty ImagesArctic terns nest on British shores before flying to the Antarctic for winterFive seabird species have been added to the UK red list of birds at most need of conservation, joining others such as the puffin.The new entries include the Arctic tern, known for its incredible migration, the giant skua, or pirate of the sea, and two types of gull.The UK is known for its colonies of seabirds
