Antarctic bergs travelling north spark changes in ocean circulations and affect composition of our atmosphereHow does an ice age start? We know that changes...
Thousands of abandoned oil wells dot the Permian Basin in west Texas and New Mexico, endangering humans and wildlife. With oil costs plummeting, they’re likely to proliferate. Who is going to cover the cleanup costs? When Laura Briggs and her husband...
Ben Blanche was named the overall winner of the Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year competition for his photo, Border Fire Mt Barney. The judges said: ‘In the wave of flames snaking across the mountain we see the true scale...
Polyester fibres that injure marine life were found in sea water across regionThe Arctic is “pervasively” polluted by microplastic fibres that most likely come from the washing of synthetic clothes by people in Europe and North America, research has found.The most...
Jordan Gerbich, 30, will serve three months in federal prison and pay a $1,000 fine for killing the animal A man has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for shooting a protected northern elephant seal to death on the...
The government is expected to unveil a GBP250m investment in UK cycle lanes to encourage commuters to ride to work instead of using public transport, as part of the effort to prevent a resurgence of coronavirus.
Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, is...
Bitter dispute as supporters argue the US $2bn luxury resort project is a vital economic stimulus while critics say it will destroy natural habitat as well as traditions and culturesFrom the air, the peninsula of Palmetto Point – fringed by aquamarine...
Pristine areas in the Amazon and Siberia may expand with animal reintroductions, scientists sayJust 3% of the world’s land remains ecologically intact with healthy populations of all its original animals and undisturbed habitat, a study suggests.These fragments of wilderness undamaged by...
Infrastructure megaprojects risk pushing the world's remaining forests past a "dangerous tipping point" and making climate targets unachievable, a report says.
Tens of thousands of miles of roads and railways are planned alongside mines and dams, opening up the forests of South...
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Mammal Comedian Award winner:
Grey Seal by Philip Ryan
Elusive Mammal Category winner:
Breaching Common Dolphin by Dan Lettice
Young Mammal Photographer of the Year, aged...
Chris Packham is seeking an urgent injunction to immediately halt HS2's destruction of ancient woodlands as campaigners criticise construction teams for allegedly ignoring the...
Two startling accounts of humanity’s devastating impact on the natural world make it clear that any potential solution will involve huge riskFor most of history, humans have viewed wild places as threats to their existence....
WA unveils plan to phase out items such as plastic bags, cutlery and polystyrene containers by the end of 2021 - several years ahead of NSWLightweight plastic bags, disposable plastic straws and cutlery, plastic cotton...
Boris Johnson announces £500m for ‘blue planet fund’, but pledge was contained in 2019 Conservative manifestoEnvironmental campaigners stage ‘festival-type’ protests at G7G7 summit protests – in picturesBoris Johnson has set out his intention to “build...
Michael Packard, 56, was spat out after half a minute but expert says experience would have been ‘totally freaky’ for the whaleA New England lobsterman has described the moment he realised he was trapped in...
Protesters turn out in support of a range of causes as the leaders of Group of Seven nations meet for the forum’s 47th summit in CornwallEnvironmental campaigners stage ‘festival-type’ protests at G7All hot air: UK...
The luxury label is the latest to adopt pioneering technology as designers shift to plant-based fabric. Is this the end of leather?It’s fair to say that Hermès knows handbags. The luxury fashion house’s Birkin and...
Photographer Kathryn Martin started working with wildflowers when she lived in London. Inspired by the copperplate engravings in 18th-century botanist William Curtis’s eight-volume Flora Londinensis, she digitally photographs native wildflowers against graph paper. The idea...
Nature bodies in Scotland have put exclusion zone in place to protect the area where the birds were seenSea eagles have appeared on Loch Lomond for the first time in more than a century.A pair...
It enriches the soil, feeds the bees, makes a mean cup of tea... and you might just find a lucky four-leaferMy love is always looking for lucky leaves if there’s clover about. I’ll find her...
Greta Thunberg says she has stopped buying new clothes but does not sit in judgment on others whose lifestyle choices are less environmentally friendly...