Environment news
- Destruction of nature as dangerous as climate change, scientists warn
- More than 130 whales die in mass stranding in Western Australia
- EU in ‘state of denial’ over destructive impact of farming on wildlife
- ‘Great Pacific garbage patch’ sprawling with far more debris than thought
- Scientists witness first reported case of killer-whale infanticide
- Last male northern white rhino’s death highlights ‘huge extinction crisis’
- Europe faces ‘biodiversity oblivion’ after collapse in French birds, experts warn
- ‘Dead zone’ in Gulf of Mexico will take decades to recover from farm pollution
- Marine heatwave set off ‘carbon bomb’ in world’s largest seagrass meadow
- Ban new petrol and diesel cars in 2030, not 2040, says thinktank
In depth
- The radical otherness of birds: Jonathan Franzen on why they matter
- World Water Day: Deadly plight of Brazil’s river defenders goes unheard
- Climate science on trial as high-profile US case takes on fossil fuel industry
- Climate change soon to cause movement of 140m people, World Bank warns
- Drugs, plastics and flea killer: the unseen threats to UK’s rivers
Mutimedia
- The week in wildlife – in pictures
- Lignite mining: Greece’s dirty secret - in pictures
- Shoestring expedition returns with wild photos of Sumatra
And finally ...
A note of hope – scientists are a step closer to saving Australia’s wild quolls, thanks to a recipe for cane-toad sausages
