The convergence of geology, climate, vegetation and human history allowed peat to accumulate on an extraordinary scale over ...

The RSPB said the starling-sized bird had an estimated 800 breeding pairs in the UK, with numbers declining since the 2000s, ...

Peatlands are the UK’s very own Amazon rainforest when it comes to carbon storage. The ecosystem stores 3.2 billion tonnes of carbon, which makes their protection and restoration essential in the ...

It might be favorable in the short-term, but the drawbacks outweigh the benefits. Peat moss is popular in gardens because it holds water, adds air to soil, and keeps nutrients from washing away.

Conservationists find dunlin chicks thriving in boggy habitat created in collaboration with landowners ...

The massive renewable energy project has stirred up trouble since it was first announced back in 2024 ...

The Cuilcagh Boardwalk Trail in County Fermanagh crosses through one of the largest expanses of blanket bog in Northern Ireland Some of Northern Ireland's "most iconic landscapes" are to benefit from ...

Campaigners have hit out at green activists for backing the wind farm scheme planned for Scout Moor, which would provide clean energy for tens of thousands of homes. The plan to build 17 wind turbines ...

Shane Sieweke is the innkeeper at the Crask Inn in the Scottish Highlands, the most remote pub on the British mainland – and ...

Editor's note: This is a developing story and will be updated. The U.S. Army identified on Wednesday the fourth and final soldier found deceased in a peat bog at a training site in Lithuania. Staff ...

Rae's mid-term review changes the definition of a farmer and provides grant increases, while he commits to planting peaty ...