Environment news
- Hundreds of snow leopards being killed every year, report warns
- World’s mammals being eaten into extinction, report warns
- Onshore windfarms more popular than thought, UK poll finds
- Japan to face criticism at international summit for flouting whaling ruling
- MIT nuclear fusion record marks latest step towards unlimited clean energy
- Cameron aide said government was ‘exposed on Heathrow’ over air quality
- 2016 locked into being hottest year on record, Nasa says
- Shipping ‘progressives’ call for industry carbon emission cuts
- Treasury blocked moves to charge diesel cars to enter polluted UK cities
- Climate change: global deal reached to limit use of hydrofluorocarbons
- Norway faces climate lawsuit over Arctic oil exploration plans
- Exxon asks court to throw out New York state’s climate change case
Features and comment
- Rare birds thriving on Scilly Isles after scheme rids islands of rats
- Scientists investigate death of 10,000 endangered ‘scrotum’ frogs in Peru
- Why has climate change been ignored in the US election debates?
- Tasmanian devils developing immune response to contagious face cancer
- Airport expansion: the experts’ view
- Morally and legally, the UK government has failed us on air pollution | James Thornton
Multimedia
- 2016 wildlife photographer of the year - winners in pictures
- The week in wildlife – in pictures
- Satellite Eye on Earth: September 2016 - in pictures
On the blogs
- Park ranger murdered while trying to protect Congo’s rare gorillas
- Islabikes’ radical new plan means you may never need to buy your child a bike again
And finally...
Researchers discover that spiders can control their web’s tension and stiffness to help them identify potential partners as well as prey
