On Saturday, January 11, MP for Tiverton and Minehead, Rachel Gilmour, rolled up her sleeves and joined Friends of the Quantocks at The Crowcombe Estate to plant disease-resistant elm trees—an ...

The project specifically aims to support the White-letter Hairstreak and Brown Hairstreak butterflies, both of which rely on elm trees to thrive. By reintroducing these trees, the group hopes to ...

She was thinking of plants such as mistletoe (a harmless native parasite that’s a host plant for purple hairstreak butterflies), epiphytic ferns, mosses, lichens, fungi and numerous microscopic ...

The sparklemuffin peacock spider (Maratus jactatus) is a tiny spider that lives up to its vivacious name.This dazzling arachnid was given its moniker in 2015 by UC Berkeley PhD student Maddie ...

On the Friend of the Quantocks’ own land, Hairstreak butterflies have declined by 50% since 2023. Habitat loss is one of the factors, along with habitat loss. The butterflies lay their eggs on ...

which is rare [Yonhap via EPA] Published On 11 Jan 202511 Jan 2025 The black boxes holding flight data and cockpit voice recorders of Jeju Air’s Boeing 737-800 jet stopped recording about four ...