About 12,000 years ago, human domestication of the natural world began in earnest with the intentional cultivation of wild plants and animals. Fast forward...
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Try "the snail" during a "wildlife pose" yoga session outdoors. Walk barefoot on the grass in a local park. Go on a rainbow hunt in your garden. Make bird feeders. Count moths. Dance in the rain. Turn off all your devices...
There is a lot of talk about getting back to normal after the Covid-19 crisis is over. And yet normal - business as usual - is what has made our planet and our societies vulnerable to crises in the first place.
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In January, after she posed for a photo in Davos alongside Greta Thunberg and several other white climate campaigners, the Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate was dismayed to see that the Associated Press news agency had cropped her out of the image....
The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, must "seize the day" and create a national nature service to restore wildlife and habitats in England, say a coalition of the country's biggest green groups. It said the move would create thousands of jobs, a more...
For centuries, the tiny island of Lundyand its wonderful flora and fauna have - just about - survived the ravages of pirates, profiteers, rodents and rampaging rhododendron.
But the futures of rare birds and plants, plus the livelihoods of the hardy humans...
The human destruction of natural ecosystems increases the numbers of rats, bats and other animals that harbour diseases that can lead to pandemics such as Covid-19, a comprehensive analysis has found.The research assessed nearly 7,000 animal communities on six continents and...
No one was ready for 2020. None of us was really prepared for the bushfires, or coronavirus, or the fear and uncertainty about what these crises mean for our families and our lives.
At Guardian Australia, we weren't either. Along with the...
Cigarette packets with grisly warnings of the consequences of smoking are intended to deter smokers. Now a group of public health experts says similar warnings should...
Researchers say Black infants may be more at risk while about 80% of homes had detectable levels of lead in tap waterThis story is co-published with...
Vietnam's prime minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, has asked the country's agriculture ministry to draft a directive to stop illegal trading and consumption of wildlife over fears...
Restoring natural landscapes damaged by human exploitation can be one of the most effective and cheapest ways to combat the climate crisis while also...
Traffic jams, pretty squares used as car parks, bike lanes that vanish into congested roundabouts: Brussels's love affair with the car has been waning...
When it comes to fighting climate change and its effects, both greens and conservatives pay far too much attention to localism, voluntarism, and corporate...
The markets started strongly this week before pulling back, as we saw the NASDAQ fall for four consecutive days. Tech stocks Amazon, Salesforce and Shopify took advantage of the retreat to carve out new handles...
The FTSE has opened down 1 as the UK government announced further stricter regional lockdown measures, this time in the Greater Manchester area from tomorrow. Interestingly there are some bright spots in some of the...
Scientists are hoping that research into Dendrocnide excelsa could lead to new painkillersIt sounds like something out of The Day of the Triffids: a stinging nettle the size of a large tree, with a sting...
Researchers say Black infants may be more at risk while about 80% of homes had detectable levels of lead in tap waterThis story is co-published with Consumer ReportsNot long after Peter and Erica Finin moved...
Time is running out for the Arctic. The region continues to warm at two or three times the global rate and scientists now predict that we could see Arctic summer ice disappear as early as...
One of the most senior executives at the Environment Agency is leaving to join a water company that is under criminal investigation by the watchdog.
The departure of Dr Toby Willison, the director of operations for...
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The prognosis for biodiversity on Earth is grim. According to a sobering report released by the United Nations last year, 1 million land and marine species across the globe are threatened with extinction - more...
The storms in September have dredged from the sea bottom and then flung millions of razor shells across the immense space of this beach. As I kneeled to examine a cluster, half-buried in sand by...
Large quantities of the soy and beef imported to Europe from Brazil have been "contaminated" by deforestation, research shows.
The findings suggest much more needs...
Market volatility has never been a deterrent for traders and investors. After all, large price swings are what traders live for, and investors usually...
Populations of some Australian mammals declined by more than a third over two decades, but sites with clear conservation management saw improvements in their...