British butterflies are at risk of being wiped out by intensive farming as conservation measures are failing to protect some of the country’s rarest species, a study found. Species under threat include Duke of Burgundy, the Dingy skipper and the High Brown Fritillary, researchers have warned. Conservation efforts around the margins of agriculture are not … Read more
The billionaire ruler of Dubai is receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds in EU grants, including funding for his luxury Highland hideaway. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum’s Wester Ross estate received more than £80,000 and his Newmarket horse-breeding and horse-racing operation received in excess of £316,000 in 2019. Despite being one of the world’s richest men, … Read more
More than 7,000 years ago ancient Britons were among the first to star farming cows for their milk, a study of pottery fragments has revealed. Scientists from the University of York tracked the shift from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to early farming in prehistoric Europe over about 1,500 years. The York team examined the molecular remains of … Read more
Jeffrey Dean Morgan spent his 54th birthday on Wednesday farming at his Mischief Farm located in Rhinebeck, New York alongside his two-year-old daughter George. The Walking Dead star even got a surprise birthday cake (remotely) during his interview Wednesday on LIVE with Kelly and Ryan where he accidentally said an un-bleeped curse word. ‘[My daughter … Read more