Environment

The creature, which delivers an electric shock of up to 860 volts - more than 200 volts higher than ever previously recorded, is one of two new species of electric eel

Several European Space Agency maps showed more carbon monoxide and other pollutants in August than in the previous month.

Government must not change VAT on solar panels from 5% to 20%, campaigners urge the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Emergency services have urged people to stay away from Ottery St Mary

The finds fuel fears for the UK’s bee populations which cannot defend themselves against the invasive predators.

Nearly 5,000 marine mammals were washed up on UK shorelines between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2017 - a 15% rise on the previous seven-year period.

Experts urged authorities to act to cut the flow antibiotics spilling into the river by up to 80 per cent to stop the superbugs flourishing

Last year’s heatwave and drought and warmer winters mean ‘there will be no mass flowering this year’ at two landscapes in the trust’s care.

The move follows the disappearance of 92% of the UK’s seagrass meadows, which are important for storing carbon and providing homes for wildlife.