Driven out by hunting and habitat loss, the snow-white birds are nesting and breeding in a few pockets in England With their long, spoon-shaped beaks, it is perhaps little surprise that the RSPB has nicknamed the offspring of a spoonbill a “teaspoon”. It has been a bumper year
As the climate crisis causes heavier and more frequent floods across the US, one in four small businesses are one disaster away from shutting down Alejandra Palma lives in perpetual fear of the next storm. “We are constantly checking the weather,” said Palma, who co-owns Root
Union says members being ‘kept up at night’ over failure to commit to continue payments at current rate Farmers are facing a “cliff edge” as the Labour government refuses to commit to maintaining the agriculture budget for England, the president of the National Farmers’ Union
Organisers working to ensure safe environment for attenders in October after guerrillas’ warning of disruption Colombian authorities have insisted it will be safe to attend a UN biodiversity summit in Cali later this year, after a dissident rebel group threatened to disrupt the
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance Five supporters of the Just Stop Oil climate campaign who conspired to cause gridlock on London’s orbital motorway have been sentenced to lengthy jail
Marathon Petroleum predecessor warned of potential for ‘social and economic calamities’ in decades-old publication The corporate predecessor to America’s largest refiner of oil, Marathon Petroleum, explained in a company periodical nearly 50 years ago that global temperature
Some scientists want to stop naming new species after public figures, especially as it can threaten an animal’s survival, but others say it can be a helpful conservation tool When Lady Gaga held a Q&A on Reddit for a 2014 album release, there was one question that took the
A team of scientists are trying to find the cause of what is becoming an increasingly common event – and the answer may be hidden deep in the whales’ skulls A mass stranding last week that led to the deaths of 77 pilot whales on the Orkney island of Sanday was the largest ever
A sustainable project aims to repurpose encroacher bush to create building blocks to solve Namibia’s housing crisis “People think the house would smell because the blocks are made of all-natural products, but it doesn’t smell,” says Kristine Haukongo. “Sometimes, there is a
Scientists say government’s approach to emissions cutting is ‘high risk’ and reliant on ‘immature technologies’ New Zealand’s ambitious plan to reach net zero emissions by 2050 is at risk of being derailed, as the government backslides on climate policies, new figures show. In
Snakebites, the ‘deadliest of neglected tropical diseases’, often impact rural communities the most but a new study offers hope Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A commonly used
Fourteen attorneys general petition federal emergency officials as millions in US under excessive heat advisories Fourteen state attorneys general are urging the federal government to declare extreme heat and wildfire smoke major disasters. The petition comes as millions of