Environment Agency chief supports plan to weaken river pollution rules
The head of the Environment Agency has endorsed a proposal to weaken laws on cleanliness of polluted rivers, lakes and coastlines after Brexit.
Campaigners say...
2020 Mammal Photographer of the Year winners
Mammal Comedian Award winner:
Grey Seal by Philip Ryan
Elusive Mammal Category winner:
Breaching Common Dolphin by Dan Lettice
Young Mammal Photographer of the Year, aged...
How Many People Have Been Vaccinated for COVID-19 So Far?
As the COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer start to roll out across America and the rest of the world, it would...
The best of new sustainable design – in pictures
Jumeirah sideboard, GBP599, Atkin and Thyme
Rose gold rug, GBP79, limitedabode.co.uk
Bilot side table by Porada at Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, London (020 3155 3065); dcch.co.uk/
Couro...
The week in wildlife – in pictures
A flock of starlings fly in the light of the setting sun in the village of Popielarze, near Warsaw, Poland.
Photograph: Janek Skarzynski/AFP via Getty...
Authors hope The Lost Words followup will inspire action and change
Their last book of poems about everyday wildlife became an international cultural phenomenon. Now Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris, the creators of The Lost...
Industrial-sized pig and chicken farming continuing to rise in UK
New figures reveal that the number of large industrial-sized pig and chicken farms in the UK continues to rise, with close to 2,000 across...
The climate crisis will deepen coronavirus. A green stimulus plan can...
The Covid-19 epidemic is ravaging our tattered healthcare system and shredding our economy. In the past month, over 22 million Americans filed for unemployment...
Lockdown is nothing new. We’ve been kept off the land for...
In the name of freedom, we have been exposed, to a greater extent than any other European nation, to a deadly pandemic. In his...
The week in wildlife – in pictures
Igneada Floodplain Forests national park in western Turkey is home to a wide variety of ecosystems and animal habitats.
Photograph: Ozgun Tiran/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
An Egyptian...
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Sydney’s Warragamba Dam water storage at full capacity – video
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Warragamba Dam sits on Sydney's outer western fringe, and is the city's main reservoir, supplying about 80% of its water. It hit 100%...
Scientists create mutant enzyme that recycles plastic bottles in hours
A mutant bacterial enzyme that breaks down plastic bottles for recycling in hours has been created by scientists.
The enzyme, originally discovered in a compost...
Country diary: yellowhammers woo their mates with a local song
A raven greets me at the gateway, a tutelary spirit flying low overhead. I'm on the southern path, steep and stony, edged with castles...
Sri Lanka rescues 120 whales after biggest mass stranding
Gruelling rescue involved navy and volunteers pulling the pilot whales back into deeper waters Sri Lanka’s navy and volunteers have rescued 120 pilot whales...