Environment

Nearly half of Brits are still using almost twice as much energy as necessary to wash their laundry, according to research. A poll of 1,000 adults who are responsible for the washing in their household found 48 per cent set their machine to 40 degrees as standard. One in five believe washing above 30 degrees means ‘it gets the whites whiter’, and a further 34 per cent think a lower temperature wash means a sub-standard clean. However, if every household...

Wildlife photographer Andrew Fusek Peters spent hours crouched in a bog pool to capture the shots

Ben Shieldaig in the Highlands has 3,800 acres of scenery including an ancient forest dating back to the Ice Age, and red squirrels and golden eagles

Watch the moment that animal rights activists broke into a Chilmark game bird farm to release thousands of pheasants on Monday night.

A green fuel that converts plant waste from farm and timber harvests into aviation fuel has been developed by scientists

Study by scientists at Queen Mary University of London shows queen bumblebees spend the majority of their time hiding and resting among dead leaves and grass after hibernation

The trees were covered in huge green nets earlier this month at peak nesting season

Previously they could only use distilled fresh water which was expensive and would use up precious reserves.

They processed sound in the same way as alligators - their closest living relative