Food as history: Cambridge studies cast new light on early Anglo-Saxon kings’ relations with peasants by studying their diets

The studies note that social status did not lead to kings and nobles eating more meat than peasants; but once a year, both did gorge on animals …

Climate emergency: A question of semantics?

Framing the changing climate as an emergency is preventing progress towards climate action

Simon Schama’s history of 18th and 19th century disease outbreaks speaks powerfully to the present

At the core of Foreign Bodies is Schama’s understanding that “all history is natural history”

The UK is still not prepared for extreme temperatures – here’s what it should do

The UK has numerous frameworks and plans; however, they are not integrated, don’t consider dependencies between sectors and issues and they …

Wildlife wonders of Britain and Ireland before the industrial revolution

From the early 16th century to the late 18th, the prevailing belief was that God had furnished Britain and Ireland with wildlife to serve human needs

Politics over science: Experts slam Sweden’s wolf cull; say it should learn to live with large carnivores

The wolf cull in Sweden will worsen the ongoing effects of inbreeding among Sweden’s lupines, say experts

When did modern lizards originate? A beast from the Triassic Period offers answers

‘Cryptovaranoides microlanius’ lived in limestone cracks around Bristol about 250-200 million years ago

Not global warming: Reemergence of ‘extinct' black-veined butterfly in England likely due to unscientific release

Unregulated introduction disrupts actual conservation efforts and is condemned by scientists

Bring back wolves, lynxes to Britain and Ireland, study urges

Restoring native predator populations could help to keep in check some of the most problematic invasive species around the world, the new study said

New CoP president’s first foreign engagement disappoints

In addition to being regressive on equity, ambition and markets, Claire O'Neill also has disturbing ideas about the new mantras of 'net zero'…

Global Eco Watch: Greenland’s ice sheet has melted to ‘point of no return’

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology  

Let's take a less bigoted view of history

With DNA adding to the slippery narratives about the past; historians, archeologists, and geneticists need to collaborate if we are to take a …

EU lifts ban on import of Indian mangoes

Decision taken after ‘significant improvements’ in India’s export system

Africa loses more money than it gets in aid

While annual global aid is less than $30 billion, the continent incurs loss of $58 billion every year