Paris claims ban breaches UK-EU trade deal but environmentalists say dispute is ‘hypocrisy’, given Macron’s rhetoric on saving oceans France has been accused of hypocrisy by conservationists over a fresh post-Brexit dispute with the UK over fishing rights. France launched an
Intense patches of cold water rising from the depths are killing sharks, rays and other creatures, researchers say A climate-disrupted ocean is pushing sharks, rays and other species to flee ever-hotter water in the tropics, only for them to be killed by increasingly intense
The percentage of reef areas experiencing bleaching-level heat stress is increasing by about 1% a week, scientists say Global heating has pushed the world’s coral reefs to a fourth planet-wide mass bleaching event that is on track to be the most extensive on record, US
For the women who pick and prepare Maryland’s famous crab, the once profitable work is far more uncertain – and the climate crisis has had a damaging impact In the evening light, Maribel Malagón stepped outside into a rain storm. It was late October and Malagón, 53, had worked
Lumbricus terrestris claims landslide victory with 38% of vote, while Asian or yellow-legged hornet comes in last with 0.8% It’s a political earthquake! The common earthworm, the soil-maker, food provider and grand recycler, is the landslide winner of the inaugural UK
Underwater mountains are biodiversity hotspots and researchers exploring the Salas y Gómez ridge off Chile have found 50 species probably new to science. How much more has yet to be discovered? Photographs by ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute Squat lobsters , bright red sea
Study connects heatwaves and cold snaps to surges in payday lending, keeping people in debt and harming communities of color Two competing payday loan stores stand on the corners of an intersection in south Los Angeles. An area of persistent poverty, south LA is also a banking
Removal of nearly 500 barriers last year will help restore disturbed waterways to their natural state, says Dam Removal Europe Europe removed a record number of dams and other barriers from its rivers in 2023, a report has found, helping to restore its disturbed waterways to
A new collection of wildlife photography aims to help understand why people have photographed animals at different points in history and what it means in the present. Huw Lewis-Jones explores the animal in photography through the work of more than 100 photographers in Why We
Juliette Wells and Reece Mortensen are allowed to keep the bird, which had become Instagram famous with their staffy, Peggy, but are forbidden from monetising it Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily