Extraordinary portraits of ordinary bugs – in pictures
The grape leaf skeletonizer moth lays eggs on the underside of grape leaves. The larvae eat…
‘It’s positively alpine!’ Disbelief in big cities as air pollution falls
The screenshots began to circulate on Delhi WhatsApp groups last week, captioned with varying expressions of…
The week in wildlife – in pictures
A roebuck stands on a mountaintop during the blue hour of the evening in Wiesenthau, Bavaria.…
Scottish fishermen turn to food banks as Covid-19 devastates industry
Scottish fishermen are turning to food banks and welfare organisations, as the coronavirus crisis has led…
High winds kill thousands of migrating birds in ‘disaster’ over Greece
Thousands of swallows and swifts migrating from Africa to Europe have been left dead by high…
How the Coronavirus Is Affecting the Global Financial Market
Since first emerging very late in 2019, COVID-19 has been wreaking havoc across global markets. ALSO…
Hope, laughter and loss in this wretched time of coronavirus
In her uplifting long read (‘The impossible has already happened’: what coronavirus can teach us about…
China signals end to dog meat consumption by humans
The Chinese government has signalled an end to the human consumption of dogs, with the agriculture…
Climate crisis: in coronavirus lockdown, nature bounces back – but for how long?
The environmental changes wrought by the coronavirus were first visible from space. Then, as the disease…
Spring blossom images unite UK nature lovers amid corona crisis
Some have shared beautiful images of blossoms that are brightening back gardens while others have been…