The Tollund Man was c. 30-40 years old when he died by hanging c. 405-380 BCE. He wasfound in 1950 in a bog c. 10 km west of ...

Our gardening expert, master gardener Tiffany Selvey, said that using a potato in air layering doesn't offer many benefits over the usual process.

But landscapes can be restored in ways that reduce both flood risk and the effects of drought. At Smithills Estate near Bolton, the Mersey Forest (Cheshire and Merseyside’s community forest), ...

From the marshes of Estonia to the high valleys of Albania, these national parks remain largely off the tourist radar. Yet ...

The author notes that hydrangeas, which are perennial everywhere, are noted for being pink or red growing in alkaline soil ...

A wetland is a stew of botanical life and can absorb and release heat from the sun. Try taking a whirl through these four ...

Efforts to restore the environment are revitalising the job market in the Cairngorms National Park and changing lives for the ...

Secondary-school students stack freshly cut turf to dry in Clonbullogue, Ireland, whose bogs supply fuel for homes around the region. Irish laws bar commercial-scale harvesting of peat for burning ...

Rising water levels after the last ice age gradually killed off the trees, which then fell into what became a peat bog, preserving them for thousands of years.

Unlike trees, a living, healthy bog will soak up more carbon per square metre than almost any other ecosystem on Earth ...

How Dalefoot is saving the earth with clever composts and peat bog restoration Entrepreneurs Jane Barker and Simon Bland combine their eco and rural skills with stunning soil innovations and ...

A few centuries ago, a pair of bison in northwestern Minnesota took their last breaths in a peat bog. Their remains are now at the center of an exhibit marrying science and art in Detroit Lakes ...