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Ørsted files legal challenge against US government over windfarm lease freeze

2025 was UK’s hottest and sunniest year on record, says Met Office

2025 was a big year for climate in the US courts - these were the wins and losses

Rapid expansion of ring-necked parakeets in UK sparks concern

What makes an elephant abandon her calf – and is it a growing problem?

Week in wildlife: a hide-and-seek squirrel and an otter in a Christmas tree

What if floods left your home unsellable? That’s the reality facing more and more people in Britain | Kirsty Major

Ministers may cut green tech mandate from new homes regulations in England

Winter blooming of hundreds of plants in UK ‘visible signal’ of climate breakdown

Australian electric car market to get influx of new models as cheaper EVs hit the road in 2026

From rent to utility bills: the politicians and advocates making climate policy part of the affordability agenda

Often brutal, always beautiful: the sea hounds of the Frisian Islands – in pictures

World is in better place than when Eden Project created 25 years ago, founder says

Greenwashing, illegality and false claims: 13 climate litigation wins in 2025

How the climate crisis showed up in Americans’ lives this year: ‘The shift has been swift and stark’

Some of 2025’s scientific discoveries broke records

It’s easy to feel powerless about climate chaos. Here’s what gives me hope | Nina Lakhani

From inflation to infighting, the six factors that will shape Australian politics in 2026

Seven environmental wins across the US in 2025 despite Trump-era reversals

A polycrisis has shattered our world this year. But with care, we can put it back together | Elif Shafak

‘They didn’t de-extinct anything’: can Colossal’s genetically engineered animals ever be the real thing?

Curb the cod, park the prawns: top chefs on how to swap out the ‘big five’ seafood

‘You could see bones’: Families’ anguish over coastal erosion threat to Norfolk graves

EU legislation intended to fight deforestation has been effectively ‘dismantled’

California snowpack gets a boost from series of December downpours

Iceland has hottest Christmas Eve ever with temperature of 19.8C recorded

UK’s warmest spring on record led to rise in songbirds breeding, data shows

‘Zack is a phenomenal leader’: Siân Berry on the Green party’s next steps as membership doubles

Young Atlantic salmon seen in three English rivers for first time in a decade

‘There is a crack in everything’: capturing the dark of winter – in pictures

Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first

Queensland to continue to allow farmers to shoot flying foxes after revoking ban on controversial practice

From ‘global cooling’ to ‘beautiful coal’: Trump’s startling climate claims of 2025

‘Cities need nature to be happy’: David Attenborough seeks out London’s hidden wildlife

The hill I will die on: Pigeons are working-class heroes and deserve some respect | Toussaint Douglass

The mystery of flight MH370: will a new search find the missing airliner after more than a decade?

London Eye architect proposes 14-mile tidal power station off Somerset coast

A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot

‘Ghost resorts’: as hundreds of ski slopes lie abandoned, will nature reclaim the Alps?

Call for citizen scientists to monitor threatened turtle species on NSW beaches

The Guardian view on adapting to the climate crisis: it demands political honesty about extreme weather | Editorial

Defunding fungi: US’s living library of ‘vital ecosystem engineers’ is in danger of closing

US voters linking climate crisis to rising bills despite Trump’s ‘green scam’ claims

Living on the edge: what young people in England told us about life on the coast

Year in wildlife – in pictures

First of nine new river walks in England announced for north-west

Sustainable aviation fuel take-up in UK unlikely to hit 2025 target, data suggests

Feeling burnt out? A bush blessing for the end of the year | Jess Harwood

There’s an itsy-bitsy fear I want to overcome. I will never be a fan, but can I at least be Normal about spiders? | Rebecca Shaw

‘They’re scared of us now’: how co-investment in a tropical forest saw off loggers