
Patrick Greenfield
Reporter at The Guardian
📝Reporter @guardian covering biodiversity and the environment. [email protected] | Former @CNN
Articles
Rampaging raccoons: how the American mammals took over a German city - and are heading across Europe
1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Patrick Greenfield
In Kassel, everyone has a story about raccoons. Some struggle with a family of them that moved into their roof and simply will not leave. Others recount how a picnic in the park turned into an ambush as gangs of the black and white animals, known in Germany as Waschbären, raided the food. Almost everyone seems to have a neighbour who feeds them, to the annoyance of the entire street. “We are the raccoon city.
-
1 week ago |
msn.com | Tess McClure |Patrick Greenfield
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
-
1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Tess McClure |Patrick Greenfield
Insects are in trouble. Around the world, scientists are reporting catastrophic declines in their numbers, even in nature reserves that are largely protected from human touch. We are also beginning to see huge drops in the populations of other animals – such as birds – that depend on insects as food. Many of the drivers of those declines are structural, and require strong action by governments to turn around. But there are clear, easy steps that anyone can take to support the insect world.
-
2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Patrick Greenfield
Posing for selfies on the laps of excited visitors, the otters of Tokyo’s animal cafes have learned to play their part in their online stardom. In thousands of social media videos, the aquatic mammals wriggle through the outstretched hands of adoring customers who reward their attention with food.
-
2 weeks ago |
inkl.com | Patrick Greenfield
Customers stroke sleeping otters at a cafe in Tokyo, March 2019. The growing popularity of the cafes is causing concern among conservationists. Photograph: Noriko Hayashi/New York Times/Redux/eyevine Posing for selfies on the laps of excited visitors, the otters of Tokyo’s animal cafes have learned to play their part in their online stardom. In thousands of social media videos, the aquatic mammals wriggle through the outstretched hands of adoring customers who reward their attention with food.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 19K
- Tweets
- 2K
- DMs Open
- Yes

RT @DaveGoulson: Our latest research shows spot-on flea treatments on dogs are released into water when dogs swim even 28 days after treatm…

RT @JavierBlas: The UK is going ahead with subsidies for a large "biomass" power plant (that's it, chopping trees and burning their wood) u…

RT @TheSnowDreamer: Some slightly good news heading into summer… Northern Hemisphere temperatures which were particularly elevated through…