Tony Jolliffe

3 weeks ago | principia-scientific.com | Georgina Rannard |Kate Stephens |Tony Jolliffe

Written by Georgina Rannard, Kate Stephens and Tony Jolliffe on May 12, 2025. Posted in Current News The first samples of Moon rock brought back to Earth in nearly 50 years have arrived in the UK – on loan from China. The tiny grains of dust are now locked inside a safe in a high security facility in Milton Keynes – we were given the first look at them.

1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Jonah Fisher |Tom Ingham |Tony Jolliffe

Media caption, Watch: Moment lynx is released in NewquayBBC environment correspondentA lynx born in a zoo in Cornwall could become the first UK zoo-born cat to be successfully released into the wild. Animals born and raised in zoos are rarely considered for release because they either don't have the survival skills or have become too used to human interaction. But a shortage of female lynxes in the European breeding programme led to the unusual request being made for the cat from Newquay Zoo.