The Latest Breaking News on Environment

Dolphin-watching tour witnesses four adult bottlenose dolphins kill a common dolphin calf in Cardigan Bay

Prof Shane Ahyong discovered ‘brutish’ mantis shrimp so unusual it needed its own new genus

The U.S. Supreme Court in March 2025 ended a decade-old lawsuit filed by a group of children who sought to hold the federal government responsible for some of the consequences of climate change. But just two months earlier, the justices allowed a similar suit from the city and county of…

Weeks of fires amid warm and dry spell have decimated ecosystems and threatened endangered species, say experts

In an exclusive extract from Friederike Otto’s new book, she says climate disasters result from inequality as well as fossil fuel

Thousands go to hospital with respiratory problems after massive dust cloud blows in from Saudi Arabia

Researchers analyse energy performance certificate data to identify areas with potentially high particle pollution

Audio project collects soundscapes from nature reserves and sites such as Machu Picchu and Taj Mahal

Marylebone, London: These irrepressible birds can cheer up a motorway services or a railway platform. But their true home, for me, is on the pristine lawn of a cricket ground

Nearly 17% of the world’s croplands are contaminated with “heavy metals”, according to a new study in Science. These contaminants – arsenic, cadmium, lead, and others – may be invisible to the eye, but they threaten food safety and human health.

Scientists sound the alarm over substances such as arsenic and lead contaminating soils and entering food systems