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Week in wildlife: a lazy sea lion, baby ospreys and rare lemur quads

Get set for a painted lady summer: big year for orange butterflies in Britain

Scramble for biofuel as oil prices rise ‘could push world closer to food crisis’

More than 100,000 cockroaches worth $200,000 seized from NSW breeder in record-breaking bust

Mule deer already using incomplete $20m wildlife bridge in California

Wildfire smoke has reversed US progress toward ozone air quality, study finds

Hampstead Heath ponds to remain trans-inclusive after public back existing rules

‘They surprise me every time’: bees can use tools to solve problems, study finds

Canada endorses embattled marine park’s plan to relocate 30 beluga whales

Trump uses wartime powers to dole out $700m to ‘clean, beautiful’ coal

California and New York weaken climate rules as red states ramp up green energy

‘That’s a bad combination’: why Australia may be in for a slushy snow season

Alarm as once-eradicated flesh-eating parasite found in calf in Texas

UK car sales hit post-Covid high for May as Chinese EV makers gain ground

England’s poorest areas face deepest cuts to green space under planning law changes, report finds

‘To them a power line is a line of trees’: Costa Rica moves to protect howler monkeys from electrocution

Protesters clash with police in Albania over Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort – video

‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival

A good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done. Here’s how

In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters

Australia’s GDP figures are meaningless when the boom in datacentres means destroying jobs and the climate | Greg Jericho

Why is Europe still not ready for extreme heat?

South East Water’s greatest failure was not contacting customers during winter outages, report finds

The row at Hampstead Heath is about far more than a few thoughtless swimmers in a heatwave | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Antibiotics use in livestock could rise by a third in next 15 years, UN report warns

Deprivation, resilience and a giant bunny: Polly Braden on capturing the ‘beauty and bleakness’ of young lives on the coast

Noted swift nesting site destroyed by contractors in peak season

El Niño expected to develop in coming months, bringing hotter and drier weather to eastern Australia

Ötzi the Iceman’s remains yielded ‘viable’ yeasts in the lab

Puffins, dolphins and bumblebees in running to feature on new UK banknotes

Dismay as Trump officials to dismantle key ocean monitoring system

South West Water fined £1.85m over parasite outbreak in Devon

Female dolphins remember who is aggressive when choosing a mating partner, research shows

‘Gateway to full-scale fracking’: Santos could drill for new gas in Northern Territory within weeks

Can you not? Plastic and metal ‘franken-can’ named Australia’s worst packaging at Unpackit awards

Seven US states sue Trump administration over deal to kill windfarm project

There are thousands of dirty old drill sites in Colorado. The state gave oil firms a $1bn pass

New ways to remove CO2 from atmosphere must grow much faster, report says

Gardeners beware: slugs returning after dry weather to threaten strawberries

It has the highest levels of toxic Pfas in drinking water in Scotland. But how did this remote island become awash with forever chemicals?

Prepare for imminent return of El Niño, UN warns

UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds

Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian

🌎 The good, the bad, and the bubbly in the IPO boom #297

‘Hold your nerve and trust nature’: birds, bats and butterflies rebound at Somerset rewilding farm

Big gains for little terns: how Lindisfarne reserve is helping a rare bird survive tourism

Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study

The Guardian view on the Aberdeen South byelection: the politics of energy take centre stage | Editorial

Animal welfare violations swarm Miami zoo owned by ex-drug kingpin in Tiger King

US garbage incinerators are failing to eliminate ‘forever chemical’ air pollution, experts warn