Do bears fish in the woods? Russian woman’s giant animal companion she rescued from a safari park loves going fishing with her in Russian forest’s lakes Russian Veronika Dichka adopted Archie, a brown bear, from a safari park that was running out of business The pair have been pictured together fishing on a lake in their … Read more
£145m fund for trees as Apple goes green: Tech giant boosts its eco credentials with investment in forests around the world The Restore Fund hopes to remove one million tons of carbon dioxide annually Apple said protecting environment and making money ‘not mutually exclusive’ The Daily Mail’s Be a Tree Angel campaign raised £1.5million to … Read more
£145m fund for trees as Apple goes green: Tech giant boosts its eco credentials with investment in forests around the world The Restore Fund hopes to remove one million tons of carbon dioxide annually Apple said protecting environment and making money ‘not mutually exclusive’ The Daily Mail’s Be a Tree Angel campaign raised £1.5million to … Read more
Luxurious white truffles could grow in British forests as French scientists make breakthrough that would free the £2,500-a-lb delicacies from just their Italian homelands The fungus is frequently described as being the finest available on the planet Chalky, wet regions ideal for them to develop, which suits areas of UK and US Saplings brought to … Read more
Lockdown visitors ruin one of Britain’s most important ancient forests by holding weddings, leaving litter and stripping moss from trees for their hanging baskets Devon County Council say visitors are ‘ruining’ Wistman’s Wood on Dartmoor People have held weddings, left litter and stripped moss from dwarf oak trees Area likely to be left-over from ancient forest … Read more
Playing among forests and parklands — rather in than concrete and gravel yards — helps children to foster a stronger immune system, a study has concluded. Previous studies have proposed that city-dwellers may be at a greater risk of immune-mediated diseases thanks to a lack of exposure to diverse microbiota. This fails to challenge the … Read more
Fiery red ‘vampire plants’ found around the world feast on other vegetation by wrapping its suckers around the host’s roots Researchers have described the Langsdorffia plant in a new study The plants, deemed parasitic, attach to other vegetation and suck out nutrients It wraps sucker-like roots around the host underground to feed The plants also secrete … Read more
An alfresco August is on the cards for staycationers thanks to drive-in cinemas, a 100mph zip-wire line, mega-mazes and ‘Dark Sky’ forests Drive-in cinemas are set to be the hit of 2020, says Holiday Hero Neil Simpson The ‘mega maize maze’ at Hirsty’s Family Fun park allows for social distancing Farms across the country are … Read more
Ash dieback disease plaguing forests could be stopped by hedgerows and may NOT be as harmful as previously thought, study finds Study assessed levels of the fungal disease in a 22 square km patch of woodland Found that within two years the disease was found on almost all trees in the area However, trees in … Read more
Public are urged not to visit UK’s woods and forests as National Trust shuts car parks amid coronavirus lockdown Public told to not visit the UK’s woods and forests to stop spread of coronavirus Forestry England issued a statement urging people to heed government advice The National Trust also closed car parks after visitors went … Read more