Mammals moving between the Americas stopped over in Mexico

Ancient mammals may have had an easier time moving across the Isthmus of Panama from north to south thanks to Mexico’s climate.

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Europe burns: a visual guide to the wildfires

Ferocious flames continue to rage in parts of France and Spain, with no sign of abating. We chart the destruction in graphics and pictures The hellish infernos that have torn through parts of France and Spain have caused deaths, the evacuation of 330,000 people from their

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Fifteen elephant deaths at Kenya park may be due to cyanide poisoning

Analysis of samples collected from carcasses found traces of toxic chemical compound, says Kenya Wildlife Service The recent deaths of 15 elephants near a park in southern Kenya in the past month were likely caused by the animals ingesting pesticides used on nearby tomato

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Families to be moved out of billionaire-owned tower after suffering without air con

Several councils to stop housing tenants in glass-fronted Britannia Point in London, where tenants were earlier told they could not use air con As the fourth heatwave of the year hit the UK on Wednesday, Benice Bodah and her three teenage sons braced for more scorching

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Europe is burning – and if Trump’s war on the climate is not met with sanctions, things will only get worse | Alexander Hurst

The White House seems committed to ecocide. The EU should harness the power of the single market to force it to change course Are we understanding it yet? As Europe burns in the west, the south and the north, are we grasping the fact that our economies, food systems, political

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England on track for record heat-related deaths this summer, official data shows

UKHSA estimates 2,877 fatalities during heatwaves in May and June, almost twice that recorded in 2025 season England is on track to record its highest ever number of heat-related deaths this summer after the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced that an estimated 2,877

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Hundreds evacuated after ‘apocalyptic’ wildfire near Suffolk nuclear power station

Major incident declared, with Sizewell B power station monitoring blaze and RSPB nature reserve badly hit Hundreds of people have been evacuated and a major incident declared after a wildfire spread over more than 80 hectares (200 acres) on the coast of Suffolk, just a few

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‘Grey lump with orange wings’: hummingbird hawk-moths descend on UK gardens

Boom in migrating moth sightings put down to hot weather, strong winds and food scarcity in Europe He had just sat down to dinner in the garden when a speedy visitor whizzed by – a “grey lump with orange wings”, recalled Luke Burstow, from Sussex. It was a hummingbird hawk-moth

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‘It’s irreplaceable’: Fury over Reform plans to expand quarry in ancient Kent woodland

Forty hectares of Oaken Wood could be razed after it was identified as potential site of expansion by Reform-run council It was at the confluence of seven forest paths that Allison Sweetman came to a stop. Trees rose on all sides, save for a recently coppiced section to the

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