‘DUFUS’: As infrastructure bill drags on, lawmakers get punchy

Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.), typed “RODNEY DAVIS = DUFUS” into a blank Word document, carefully angling…

Don’t feed the ducks: royal parks warn of bullying bird behaviour after lockdown

London’s royal parks are urging visitors to stop feeding bread to ducks because it is causing…

Owner cancels Keystone XL pipeline months after Biden revoked permit

Senate’s latest attempt at a gun control deal falls apart

“We haven’t been able to get to a bill that would meaningfully increase the number of…

Capito ‘frustrated,’ says White House ‘kept moving the goalposts’ on infrastructure

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito talks with reporters as she walks to a vote on Capitol Hill.…

‘I fell in the water, but it was worth it!’: Guardian readers on their most extraordinary bird photographs

From friendly Antarctic penguins to the rainbow plumage of a Colombian hummingbird, our readers on their…

UK to trial ‘highly protected marine areas’ in win for ocean campaigners

‘Historic’ move to ban destructive fishing methods in five habitats welcomed, but conservationists say change must…

Poland to close Europe’s most polluting power plant by 2036

Draft paper says Bełchatów coal-fuelled plant to be phased out as part of plans to transform…

Troubled waters: what’s causing the mystery foam in a Jakarta canal?

The froth has spilled out of a canal in Marunda repeatedly over recent years, but the…

Salmon face extinction throughout the US west. Blame these four dams

Salmon are headed to a point of no return throughout the US west. And the impact…