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Delhi is perhaps the most polluted of the world’s megacities. Every winter, the city’s 30 million residents breathe air so toxic that visibility drops to mere metres. If you stand on top of one of Delhi’s monuments you can barely make out buildings across the street as the thick, acrid…

Other lives: Organic farmer who helped to establish vital medical services on the remote island where she lived

Healthy coastal ecosystems play crucial roles in the U.S. economy, from supporting multibillion-dollar fisheries and tourism industries to protecting coastlines from storms.

Chris Jones is behind change in law to release beavers in England after witnessing the incredible benefits on his land

Authorities say at least 25 people remain trapped after avalanche hits a work camp, burying dozens under the snow.

The world's nations have salvaged a vast funding plan at UN talks in Rome to protect biodiversity and reverse the decline of nature.

Floods, whale strandings and coral bleaching all more likely, say researchers, as 10% of ocean hits record high temperatures in 2023-24

Small patches of scrambled egg lichen moved from Cornwall to Breckland region, where it was last seen in 1994

Prof Dave Goulson is one of the world’s foremost experts on insects. But there’s a special place in his heart for hoverflies, one of the prettiest flies around. Here he explains why we should nominate hoverflies as invertebrate of the year

Exclusive: Government to grant nature groups a licence for release of rodent species after earlier setbacks

Wildfowl and Wetland Trust, Arundel, West Sussex: It is beset with parasites, some the size of footballs and one engulfing an entire bough, but they cause no long-term harm