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?

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

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

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

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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

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

Trump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disasters

Lynx could return to Scotland – but can rewilders win over wary Highlanders?

Most US coal plants could meet air pollution rules. Trump weakened them anyway

Week in wildlife: rescued dolphins, a white whale and a precious kākāpō chick

Seals, shipwrecks and a screaming swallower: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2026 – in pictures

Judge sides with salmon against Trump administration in hydropower ruling

Drax to stop burning controversial Canadian wood within next year

Democrats urge dropping plan to double gas exports as US energy prices soar

US ‘bullying’ could scupper carbon levy on shipping, warn experts

‘A gift that falls from the sky’: why farmers are using Etna’s ash as fertiliser

Waitrose suspends sale of mackerel because of overfishing

Calls to move England’s home insulation scheme into council workers’ hands

Riding the wave: can surf tourism save Peru’s ancient reed-boat fishing culture?

Shakespeare’s Globe launches environmental playwright prize

‘The most important part is the vibe’: Bate Bay named Australia’s best beach

‘Magic beneath the surface’: pioneering geothermal plant launched in Cornwall

‘A devastating force’: how recent Mediterranean storms turned to tragedies

Judge orders Greenpeace to pay $345m over Dakota Access pipeline protest

France’s Engie strikes deal to buy UK Power Networks for £10.5bn

Death Valley erupts in wildflowers in sign of developing superbloom

Tropical plants flowering months earlier or later because of climate crisis – study

Fly-tipping across England reaches record high

Germany accused of ditching climate targets as it scraps renewables mandate

Why food justice isn’t being served in America | Hanna Garth

Toxic waste from screens ends up in endangered dolphins, study finds

Trump touts ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda – but no mention of climate crisis

Chronic ocean heating fuels ‘staggering’ loss of marine life, study finds

Group expands legal claim over South West Water sewage pollution

Humans – not Mimmo the dolphin – need managing in Venice lagoon, say scientists

Scotland’s new emissions strategy ‘too reliant on science fiction’, critics say

Anger over plans to abolish New Zealand’s dedicated environment ministry

Farmers in England face losses under new cap on sustainable farming payments

NT environmentalists ‘gobsmacked’ at federal green light to bulldoze nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna

Australia’s most costly anti-climate policy hits taxpayers for $30m a day as calls mount to wind back fuel tax credits | Adam Morton

How Trump’s big climate finding repeal could actually hurt big oil