Eight bat researchers mostly from Asia and Africa refused entry into Australia to attend global scientific event

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Asian hornet’s unique buzz may hold secret to containing invasive species

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Rapidly spreading brush fire prompts evacuations for thousands in California

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New York energy company ramps up disconnections as it seeks 11% price hike

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‘Top marks’ for sharp-eyed snappers as UK nets new butterfly species

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Heat alert for England as temperatures forecast to climb back above 30C

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England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds

Week in wildlife: a very long stick insect and a bouncing bettong

The elephant whisperer: one Thai woman’s lifelong quest to protect a rescued herd

Air pollution filters help scientists produce first UK wildlife survey using eDNA

UK ministers push ahead with discount on bills for households near new pylons

Pretty bloomin’ what? The Great Barrier Reef is a picture of health, The Australian assures us | Weekly Beast

Scientists decry Trump energy chief’s plan to ‘update’ climate reports: ‘Exactly what Stalin did’

New all-electric town in Kent strikes deal to supply power back to the grid

‘Gift from Grenada’: grapefruit trees win protection after London campaign

Plan to reintroduce banned pesticide in France overruled by constitutional council

More than 200 lobbyists at UN’s plastic treaty talks will limit progress, campaigners warn

Queensland land clearing figures show state remains ‘deforestation capital of Australia’, conservationists say

US national parks staff in ‘survival mode’ to keep parks open amid Trump cuts

This summer brought an abundance of butterflies and birds. Nature is ready to spring back – if we let it | Patrick Barkham

What recreating Scott’s Antarctic expedition reveals about our seas today

Lynx could thrive in Northumberland with most in area supporting return, study finds

Maglev train researchers may have solved ‘tunnel boom’ shock waves

Microplastics are everywhere, even in human testicles. So will the patriarchy finally step in? | Van Badham

‘Unprecedented’ wildfire burns area size of Paris in southern France

Four rare Barbary lion cubs born at Czech zoo

Wildfire in France tears through area as big as Paris overnight – video

Meet the AI vegans | Arwa Mahdawi

Gardeners urged to collaborate to help moths and hover flies thrive in cities

Two ‘misleading’ heat pump adverts banned by UK watchdog

Southern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk stream

Chemical pollution a threat comparable to climate change, scientists warn

Best of 2025 … so far: the great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear? – podcast

Labor was in a climate crouch. It now has the chance to stand up to News Corp and put the national interest first | Clear Air

Increase in vapes found on Britain’s coastline by beach clean volunteers

The Guardian view on plastic pollution: global action is desperately needed to deal with this scourge | Editorial

About 100 people missing as flash flood tears through town in northern India

It’s winter and respiratory illnesses are everywhere. Will going out underdressed in cold weather make me sick? | Antiviral

Great Barrier Reef suffers biggest annual drop in live coral since 1980s after devastating coral bleaching

Great Barrier Reef coral bleaching event in 2024 most widespread and severe on record - video

Australian researchers discover two invasive weeds have the potential to be burned as biofuel

Three major chemical companies agree to pay $875m to New Jersey over Pfas claims

Rescuers in Norway resume search for journalist missing in wilderness

First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program

Pushing airport expansion while rail travel languishes – so much for Labour’s green agenda | Polly Toynbee