Did our ancestors exterminate their Neanderthal cousins and, if they did, were they acting alone? 

THERE are too many cormorants on the Columbia River between Washington State and Oregon, say US federal officials. Richard Collins says there's no need for a cull.

THE YEAR of the Goat began on Thursday.

NATURAL England must decide whether beavers introduced to the River Otter, in Devon, can be allowed to remain. On January 28, it announced a five-year programme of monitoring by the Devon Wildlife Trust.

At the Irish Raptor Study Group conference in Dublin last weekend, Sarah Hoy of the University of Aberdeen spoke about the goshawk, a bird of increasing interest in Ireland. 

It’s illegal to cut hedges between March 1 and August 31; birds must be allowed to nest in peace. Heather Humphreys, Minister for Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht, is said to be reviewing these dates.

I had resolved never to visit Malta.

EUROPE has only four big meat-eating mammals. 

It’s starling ‘murmuration’ time again. 

IT has been known for decades that migrating birds use the Earth’s magnetic field to navigate.