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Week in wildlife: a watchful egret, a sun-seeking swan and a procession of caterpillars

Mass stranding of whales on Scottish beach caused by loyalty to their pod, report finds

Marsupials in the news again? Yes! And this time it’s good news | First Dog on the Moon

Twenty pregnant women evacuated from NT hospital as two states prepare for major flooding

Germany moves to legalise wolf hunting in response to livestock ‘bloodlust’

🌎 Introducing Powerstack from Sightline Climate

‘It creates a sense of belonging’: Brazil bets on hiking trails for conservation

UK must double down on renewables as wars drive up energy costs, experts say

Vanuatu moves forward with UN climate resolution despite Trump opposition

South East Water fined £22.5m for ‘repeated supply failures’ in Kent and Sussex

Lobbyists send legal threats to councils over anti-wood burner campaigns

Tiny, lost and constipated: what a baby turtle told Australian scientists about warming seas

A Europe of clean, green cities and resurgent industry is a fantasy – unless we get really creative | Hans Larsson

Rachel Reeves should scrap the North Sea windfall tax now

Trump has launched an unprecedented assault on the environment. Where’s the pushback?

Analysis finds urban areas in England where no one lives within 15-minute walk of nature

Union tries to seize control of works council at Tesla’s German factory

South West Water admits criminal offence over Devon parasite outbreak

Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests

Hundreds of studies have missed how much the oceans are rising

‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade

World’s largest krill harvester at centre of row over ‘blue tick’ sustainability label

Protect caterpillars as UK’s moth population plummets, urge charities

Timelapse vision of rare blood moon lunar eclipse in New Zealand – video

Red alert: the best photos of the rare blood moon total lunar eclipse – in pictures

Syngenta says it will stop making pesticide linked to Parkinson’s disease

Half-truths and no truths: Trump’s latest claims on the UK factchecked

Wild-born birds recruited to teach critically endangered regent honeyeaters their lost songs

Albanese government rejected advice on Tasmanian salmon farming impact before passing pro-industry laws

Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert

Showdown over datacenter politics at heart of North Carolina primary

Tech firms and AI farming tools ‘playing with the food system’, warns thinktank

Ferries emit ‘more sulphur pollution than cars’ in several EU capitals

UK slashes climate aid programmes for developing countries

🌎 The UK digs deep for critical minerals #285

Scotland becomes first UK country to legalise water cremations

Australian wildlife in ‘harm’s way’, with volunteers left to ‘pick up the pieces’ amid climate crisis, fires and floods

‘I love midges because I know what their hearts look like’: is the passion for taxonomy in danger of dying out?

Shark culls brought in after fatal attack causes division and anger in New Caledonia

Concerns for ‘declining’ fur seal spotted at Cooks River in inner Sydney

Disbelief as crocodile captured in Newcastle creek thousands of kilometres from natural habitat

Datacentre developers face calls to disclose effect on UK’s net emissions

Thousands of pollution incidents in England downgraded without site visit, data suggests

A scorching summer has left Australian wildlife on the brink, but it doesn’t have to be this way | Euan Ritchie and Jess Harwood

‘Who’d guess they’re the same species?’ What Italy’s wall lizards reveal about genetic diversity and why it matters

North Dakota judge finalizes $345m judgment against Greenpeace in pipeline case

Last of the summer rain puts southern states on flood watch and Sydney on alert for bull sharks

Winter getting shorter in 80% of major US cities, new data shows

Take it from the Olympics, slushy winter sports may be the new normal

Red Hill, Canberra: its walking tracks, scar trees and ochre earth underfoot will always transport me