The Kangaroo Island assassin spider’s only known home is in the north-west of the island off the coast of South Australia, where it hides out in moist clumps of leaf litter. As parts of Kangaroo Island – still recovering from the black summer bushfires – suffer through
Big Butterfly Count asks volunteers to spend 15 minutes recording numbers in local green space before 10 August People are being urged to help measure the scale of Britain’s butterfly bounceback after last summer’s dramatic decline with this year’s launch of the world’s biggest
Indigenous groups had offered to rehome grizzly nicknamed Tex who was killed without authorization The journey of Tex, a young grizzly bear that gripped public attention in Canada after swimming to a tiny populated island, came to a violent end this week after he was shot and
The president is threatening to deport essential farm workers, grocery clerks and food delivery drivers. But without them, shelves could go empty and prices could soar The Trump administration ’s assault on immigrants is starting to hit the American food supply. In Texas,
Residents of Minot, North Dakota, exasperated by proliferation of furry foot-long neighbors The Richardson’s ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains. The little creature also is a ferocious tunneler, and it’s
Pesticide Injury Accountability Act would ensure that Bayer, Syngenta and others can be held responsible for allegedly causing health issues US politics live – latest updates Cory Booker on Thursday introduced legislation that would create a federal “right of action”, allowing
President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities Brazilian lawmakers have passed a bill that drastically weakens the country’s environmental safeguards and is seen by many activists
Tires take decades to decompose, and millions are improperly dumped every year. An intrepid group sets out to clear Kentucky’s ‘conveyor belt of trash’ In the 1980s, Russ Miller and his wife moved to a far edge of eastern Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, where they built a homestead
Exclusive: 17% increase in military spending will add emissions equivalent to those of some entire countries Donald Trump’s huge spending boost for the Pentagon will produce an additional 26 megatons (Mt) of planet-heating gases – on a par with the annual carbon equivalent (CO
Industry says party’s threat to strip wind and solar subsidies if it enters power undermines national interest Business live – latest updates Britain’s green energy industry has accused the Reform UK party of undermining the national interest by threatening to strip public
Diners jump at chance to snuggle with cubs but wildlife experts accuse firm of ‘exploiting wild animals for selfies’ A restaurant in northern China has been criticised by animal welfare groups for offering an unusual item on the menu: lion cub cuddles. According to a screenshot
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Laurence Tubiana urges governments to consider levies on energy-hungry technology Governments should consider taxing artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies to generate funds to deal with the climate crisis , one of the architects of the Paris agreement has said. Laurence
