SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, according to an annual assessment...

Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondentGettyThe update to the endangered list brought bad news for other species, including Arctic seals, which are moving closer to extinction as sea ice is lost to climate change. The hooded seal has moved from Vulnerable...

Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondentAmong the charities in the network will be the Jac Lewis Foundation in Cardiff, which Prince William visited last month.That provides a drop-in centre, located inside Cardiff's Principality Stadium, which can provide mental health support to the...

Sam, a lifelong Everton fan, opens up to Toffees vice-captain James Tarkowski about his mental health struggles - and how Everton in the Community has helped turn his life around.If you have been affected by issues raised in this...

Malcolm Prior and Jenny KumahBBC News rural affairs teamAndy Alcroft/BBCBut the future of green social prescribing is uncertain.Despite a four-year national pilot that ended in March being judged a success by an independent evaluation of its first two years,...

Meet the “Sword Dragon”, a newly-named species of ichthyosaur – predatory prehistoric reptiles that dominated the oceans while dinosaurs...

Lori Hunt, a breast cancer survivor, says she "couldn't afford" health insurance without the subsidies she receives through the Affordable Care Act. Source link

Jonah FisherEnvironment correspondentDean LomaxThis "sword dragon" was discovered in 2001 by fossil hunter Chris Moore and then acquired by the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada where it took more than 15 years to be fully analysed. "I don't wish...

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Therapies that alter the behaviour of people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) may be more effective than the existing...