26 May 2026
Photo by Markus Freise Scientists at Bangor University and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have completed a landmark restoration project to return native oysters to Conwy Bay, the first scheme of its kind in North Wales and a significant step in the fight to save a species that has lost more than 95% of its […]
24 Mar 2026
Photo by Andy Castille Five years after a ban on bottom trawling along the Sussex coast, scientists, fishers and conservationists are reporting the first meaningful signs of seabed recovery — with mussel beds stretching more than a kilometre and increasing numbers of black sea bream detected in underwater surveys. The Sussex Kelp Recovery Project (SKRP), described […]
03 Mar 2026
Photo by Amy Asher Volunteers rescuing marine mammals entangled in discarded plastic waste along Yorkshire’s coast attended 41 call-outs in 2025, more than four times the nine recorded in 2019, the BBC reports, in a trend that rescue workers say reflects a worsening crisis of beach litter left behind by holidaymakers. Chris Cook, an area […]