‘Wonderchicken’: oldest fossil of modern bird discovered

Experts have discovered a fossil of the world’s oldest known modern bird – a diminutive creature…

Cop26: Boris Johnson urged to resist calls to postpone climate talks

Nicholas Stern, one of the most prominent global experts on the climate crisis, has urged Boris…

Coronavirus: ‘severe shock’ to UK fishing as markets dry up

The coronavirus outbreak has hit British fishers with a “very severe shock” as demand from export…

Climate denial is the latest hobby horse of the German far right | Bernhard Potter

A dead bird of prey lying in the grass near a windfarm is the stark image…

Billion-dollar wildlife industry in Vietnam under assault as law drafted to halt trading

Vietnam’s prime minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, has asked the country’s agriculture ministry to draft a directive…

Birth of wild tapir offers hope for Brazil’s endangered ecosystem

Hopes for a recovery of Brazil‘s most endangered ecosystem have been given a boost by the…

‘Tip of the iceberg’: is our destruction of nature responsible for Covid-19?

Mayibout 2 is not a healthy place. The 150 or so people who live in the…

Study: global banks ‘failing miserably’ on climate crisis by funneling trillions into fossil fuels

The world’s largest investment banks have funnelled more than GBP2.2tn ($2.66tn) into fossil fuels since the…

Welsh government plans to ban single-use plastics from next year

Plastic straws, cutlery and polystyrene food and drink containers look set to be banned in Wales…