Meteorologists say 2020 on course to be hottest year since records began

This year is on course to be the world’s hottest since measurements began, according to meteorologists,…

Analysing the role of therapy during lockdown | Letters

As a therapist, I was drawn to the Guardian long read (Therapy Under Lockdown: ‘I’m just…

Halt destruction of nature or suffer even worse pandemics, say world’s top scientists

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to be followed by even more deadly and destructive disease outbreaks…

Numbers of critically endangered orange-bellied parrot soar from low 20s to more than 100

There has been little good to say about the recent history of the critically endangered orange-bellied…

Schumer to introduce legislation preventing Trump from signing stimulus checks

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. | Andrew Harnik, File/AP Photo Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is…

Backlash grows as pandemic relief stumbles

This article was reported in collaboration with Zachary Warmbrodt, Susannah Luthi, John Hendel, Ryan McCrimmon, Michael…

Silence is golden for whales as lockdown reduces ocean noise

In cities, human lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic have offered some respite to the natural world,…

‘The bliss of a quiet period’: lockdown is a unique chance to study the nature of cities

Peregrine falcons have swapped sea cliffs for the UK parliament and red-crowned parrots have left tropical…

Country diary: who killed our blackbird? The sparrowhawk has form in this area

I found the remains of the blackbird on the strip of rough grass between the hedge…

Could bringing Neanderthals back to life save the environment? The idea is not quite science fiction | James Bradley

In 2015, flooding exposed the frozen bodies of two cave lion cubs in the Yakutia region…