On a North Sea oil rig several years ago, an engineer noticed a strange phenomenon. A cloud of insects would descend from the sky and land on the upper reaches of the platform. There were thousands of ...

They're the hulking hardware of a fossil fuel industry being blamed for climate change. But now scientists have discovered that North Sea oil rigs are being used as migratory stop-off points by ...

A study of migratory hoverflies on a North Sea oil rig has revealed their vital role as long-distance pollen transporters. Researchers studied 121 marmalade hoverflies that landed on an oil rig in the ...

An owl has been saved from a North Sea oil rig after being blown nearly 200 miles off course by storm winds. The short-eared owl had been blown off-course by 100mph gusts while she was attempting to ...

An owl has been saved from a North Sea oil rig after being blown nearly 200 miles off course by storm winds. The short-eared eagle owl had been blown off-course by 100mph gusts, while she was ...