Risk from neonicotinoids is 'not acceptable' and EU must limit use to winter crops, says charity

This alien species was a little bit of Australia in Staffordshire

One of the key people embroiled in the horsemeat scandal, who is now under investigation by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), has a long history of wrongdoing which was first exposed by a television “sting” operation nine years ago, it was claimed tonight.

Mass application of nutrients causes pollution in some areas while under-use hampers food production in others

The horse painkiller bute, which is potentially harmful to humans, may have been entering the human food chain for some time through horsemeat produced in Britain, according to the head of the Food Standards Agency.

Reading a scientific paper estimating the number of wild birds in Britain, our Environment Editor made a charming discovery

Mountain rescue teams recovered the body of a missing hillwalker in the Cairngorms today after five companions, who had also gone missing in “hellish” conditions on the mountains, were located and airlifted to safety.

There are people in whose company, because of a million tiny signals, we quickly feel at ease; I would submit that Attenborough has that effect on the whole nation

Our Environment Editor on the enduring beauty of Snowdrops

The British Government is completely free to ignore recommendations from European safety regulators that controversial nerve-agent pesticides should not be used on crops visited by bees, MPs were told.