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Glowworms have reappeared at a North Yorkshire reserve after 100 years following pro bono efforts by local conservationist Peter Cooper. He collected and bred glowworm larvae in his garden shed and released them into the reserve, and the reserve manager credited Cooper’s work for their return.
In Germany, scientists from Leipzig trained volunteer-handled sniffer dogs to detect invasive plant species and evaluated their field performance. The study found these dog-handler teams located invasive plants in the wild with about 75% accuracy.
Ten years after Scotland banned industrial scallop dredging, residents of the Summer Isles report the seabed is thriving and their pink maerl beds have been protected. Islanders say those protections have coincided with a rebound in local fish stocks and are being celebrated as a major win for both community and marine life.
