World Environment Day 2021: Which animal and plant species are threatened by rising heat?

MICHAEL TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the findings of a new WWF report, ‘Feeling the Heat’…
Fireflies threatened globally, with light pollution a glaring problem

Washington DC, US Reuters Fireflies are under threat globally, with familiar hazards such as habitat loss and pesticides compounded by another peril: humankind’s ubiquitous nighttime artificial light that plays havoc with their balletic nocturnal courtship, scientists said. In the most comprehensive worldwide assessment to date of dangers facing these flying beetles, researchers concluded that some […]