Environment news
- EU agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides
- Gorillas are far more numerous than previously thought, survey reveals
- Foreign Office climate staff cut by 25% under Boris Johnson
- Anteater in prize-winning wildlife photo is stuffed, say judges
- Stolen succulents: California hipster plants at center of smuggling crisis
- Record levels of plastic discovered in Arctic sea ice
- UK runs without coal power for three days in a row
- One in eight bird species is threatened with extinction, global study finds
- ‘Wake-up call’: microplastics found in Great Australian Bight sediment
- Fracking may have caused South Korean earthquake – study
- Goldman environmental prize: top awards dominated by women for first time
In depth
- Dutch rewilding experiment sparks backlash as thousands of animals starve
- ‘We’re doomed’: Mayer Hillman on the climate reality no one else will dare mention
- Bin liners to takeaway containers – ideas to solve your plastic conundrums
- World’s newest great ape threatened by Chinese dam
- The hills are alive with the signs of plastic: even Swiss mountains are polluted
Multimedia
- The week in wildlife – in pictures
- Whitley awards for nature conservation 2018 winners - in pictures
- 2018 Goldman environmental prize - the winners in pictures
Observer Food Monthly Awards
Voting is now open for the 15th Observer Food Monthly Awards, so don’t miss your chance to support the best ethical food project of 2018. Whether it’s sustainable sourcing, reducing food waste, feeding the needy – who do you know that deserves recognition? Click here to vote. All voters will be automatically entered into our prize draw to win fabulous foodie prizes.
And finally ...
It’s a record: this week, ahead of World Penguin Day, we were reminded of how incredible these creatures are when scientists recorded the world’s longest penguin dive, of more than half an hour. And you can test your knowledge of our flightless friends with our World Penguin Day quiz.
