Shocked to read this - my heart goes out to the family. Cancer comes in shapes and sizes, some more brutal than others, but never “good” bbc.com/news/articles/…

“ It’s a warning from nature as to how far down the track we’ve gone towards taking the resilience out of natural systems.” ⁦interesting take on butterfly crash ⁦Tony Juniper⁩ speaking to ⁦Patrick Greenfield⁩ theguardian.com/environment/20…

Fantastic to be at the Natural History Museum on Monday night for an event to mark the UN Biodiversity summit next month. Massive things at stake, not least protecting 30% of the planet

Wise words

Microplastics are everywhere - now found in dolphin breath. Scientists hope their findings will inspire people to reduce plastic consumption. New paper 👇

I hear from many people who say they have presented concerning smart watch data to doctors and it's been ignored - or the doctors insist on re-gathering it using their own equipment

Scientists tell me these statistics are ‘scary’ bbc.com/news/articles/…

NEW: by the government's own admission, just 7.1% of England's land currently counts towards 30x30 - the govt's international commitment to protect 30% of England for nature by 2030. Wildlife and Countryside Link would say it's even lower - about 3%. 1/ gov.uk/government/pub…

HUGE thanks to @Kew Gardens for letting us film for our tree extinction story on the TV Six. With Kevin Martin, head of trees,l.

The nature COP ends with some disappointment - scientists ask why it’s taken a backseat to climate bbc.com/news/articles/…

Never heard of the corncrake? You’re not alone - but it is the most fascinating of birds bbc.com/news/articles/…

‘The gap between the scientific warnings and action is enormous - and growing, based on evidence from the last two weeks’

This sounds fab

What made a whale swim across three oceans? bbc.com/news/articles/…

Great story by ⁦Victoria Gill 💙💛⁩ - and why you should never run away from a polar bear 🐻‍❄️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

A blob-headed fish and an amphibious mouse. Wowser… bbc.com/news/articles/…

"The joy of fossil hunting is finding something nothing else has seen for millions of years.” Dr Susanh bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Dr Susannah Lydon: "The joy of fossil hunting is finding something nothing else has seen for millions of years," bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Inside the mosquito lab tracking threats to wildlife bbc.com/news/articles/…