For a brief period of a few weeks in the summer, male stag beetles (Lucanus cervus) fly in search of a mate. They use their spectacular jaws to wow the ladies and conduct dramatic duels with their ...

The pedunculate oaks typical of Leipzig's floodplain forest and other German oak forests are struggling to regenerate in the understorey due to a lack of light. One reason for this is the absence of ...

On its website alongside its menu, Toby Carvery offers customers some advice on the intricacies of cutting. In a section ...

Over one-third of the compounds were terpenoids, chemicals that plants use to ward off threats like insects and pathogens. Terpenoids are already known for their medicinal uses. Some can fight cancer, ...

Wolverines are ferocious predators, but what do they eat? We dive into the diet of wolverines to discover their favorite prey ...

Toby Carvery has come under fire over the felling of an ancient oak tree thought to be more than 400 years old in Whitewebbs Park, north London. The tree, which has a girth of 6.1 metres, is located ...

The owners of Toby Carvery are under fire after an ‘irreplaceable’ ancient oak in north London was chopped down. The tree, ...

The incident has been reported to the Metropolitan Police and Enfield Council has put an emergency preservation order in place.

Spring has sprung and it is the subject for the latest Readers Photo Challenge. After being cooped up indoors during the cold ...

Today’s round of questions, my smart-aleck replies, and the real answers: Question: What’s up with all the extensive clearing by FEMA in Biltmore Forest? For the past couple months FEMA crews and ...

Near the remnants of a century-old oak, a tree grows in Charles Baber Cemetery. On Wednesday, the Pottsville Shade Tree ...