Cost scuppers plan to re-introduce sea eagles
Yahoo! News | 14 Jun 2010
The controversial reintroduction to eastern England of the white-tailed (sea) eagle, the UK's largest bird of prey, has been withdrawn on cost grounds. Natural England, an independent, public body, feared the project would not receive the continued support necessary for such a large reintroduction...
 England | Biodiversity Conservation | Threatened Species

Criminal probe of Gulf oil spill seen inevitable
Reuters | 25 May 2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a BP well spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico for a fifth week and President Barack Obama under pressure to act, legal experts say it is only a matter of time before his administration begins a criminal investigation into the disaster.
 England | Accidents and Spills | Threatened Species

Police investigate golden eagle deaths
The Independent | 13 May 2010
Wildlife detectives are investigating the suspected poisoning of three of Britain's rarest bird of prey, the golden eagle. The bodies of the birds were all found in the last week on the 3,000 hectare Skibo estate in the Scottish Highlands.
 United Kingdom | Threatened Species

Spill could devastate U.S. Gulf Coast oyster reefs
Reuters | 08 May 2010
The lowly oyster, a tasty delicacy to seafood lovers but a curiosity to more squeamish diners, is also the backbone of marine life along the U.S. Gulf Coast and among the most vulnerable creatures now threatened by a giant oil spill.
 Accidents and Spills | Business and Industry | Disasters | Threatened Species

Fall in fish stocks far worse than feared, study shows
The Independent | 05 May 2010
The dramatic decline of fish stocks around the British Isles is highlighted by a study showing that fishing fleets today have to work 17 times as hard to catch a given amount of fish than the largely sail-powered vessels of the late-19th century.
 United Kingdom | Food Security | Threatened Species

UK study shows 94 percent fish stock fall since 1889
Reuters | 04 May 2010
British fish stocks have dropped by 94 percent in the past 118 years and commercial fishing has profoundly changed seabed ecosystems, leading to a collapse in numbers of many species, scientists said on Tuesday.
 United Kingdom | Climate Change | Food Security | Threatened Species

Disease threatens to fell Britain's historic oak trees
The Independent | 03 May 2010
The english oak, the quintessential native tree which saved a monarch and defines the British landscape, is under grave threat from a little-understood new disease that forestry experts fear is spreading far more rapidly across the country than previously estimated.
 United Kingdom | Threatened Species

No single cause for mass die off of honey bees: OIE
The Independent | 29 Apr 2010
The huge die off of bees worldwide, a major threat to crops depending on the honey-making insects for pollination, is not due to any one single factor, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said Wednesday.
 Threatened Species

New oak tree disease could 'change British landscape', experts warn
Guardian Unlimited | 28 Apr 2010
A new disease killing oak trees could alter the British landscape even more than Dutch elm disease, woodland groups warned today as they called for more funding to tackle the problem.
 United Kingdom | Biodiversity | Threatened Species

Crane chicks hatch hours after volcano road trip
Guardian Unlimited | 27 Apr 2010
First cranes in UK since 1600s hatch at Gloucestershire reserve and will be taught by humans dressed as birds to survive in wild.
 United Kingdom | Biodiversity Conservation | Threatened Species