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Fens were once dominated by forests of yew trees, research suggests
Press Association News via AOL· 6 months agoThe flat Fens of eastern England were once dominated by forests of yew trees, research suggests....
Rare black-tailed godwit chicks hatch from rescued eggs
Press Association News via AOL· 1 hour agoRare black-tailed godwits have hatched from eggs rescued from fields where severe flooding is...
Falling Down: The Michael Douglas thriller that could never be made today
Yahoo Movies UK· 1 year agoMichael Douglas on the set of Falling Down directed by Joel Schumacher. (Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via...
Wicken Fen marks 125 years with £1.8m peat project
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoEllis Selway (left) said restoring the peat would help control flooding and provide a wildlife haven [Dave Webster/BBC] The National Trust has begun a...
What to know about wetlands and where you can find them along Lake Michigan
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMuddy. Swampy. Mosquito-ridden. These are the images that often come to mind when many people think...
Peatland restoration project to grow reeds which will go to help insulate homes
Press Association News via AOL· 1 year agoA peat restoration project is to begin trialling the cultivation of a reed that can be used to...
The early-1900s banker who saved Britain’s countryside
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 5 months agoA young Charles Rothschild holding a butterfly net Bankers aren’t usually credited with much care...
Search for home of medieval hermit saint leads to even more ancient find in UK. See it
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWhen Saint Guthlac died in 714 A.D., he was already famous for his choice to give up a “life of...
Taps turned on at nature reserve to create winter wetland habitat for birds
Press Association News via AOL· 6 months agoRangers at a nature reserve in the Cambridgeshire Fens have turned on taps across the site to create...
Bronze Age village was 'pretty cozy'—until Britain's Pompeii
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAn illustration of the Bronze Age stilt settlement uncovered at Must Farm in eastern England. It was...