Race, wealth and public spaces: US beaches are a new flashpoint of the lockdown

As Florida’s beaches shut down in April, part of the state’s pandemic stay-at-home order, Josh Davis…

Robin Wall Kimmerer: ‘People can’t understand the world as a gift unless someone shows them how’

“This is a time to take a lesson from mosses,” says Robin Wall Kimmerer, celebrated writer…

‘It’s good for the soul’: the mini rewilders restoring UK woodland

Tamara and Steve Davey cannot help but grin at the suggestion they are “miniature rewilders”. Standing…

Could a green new deal turn South Korea from climate villain to model?

A year ago, Soyoung Lee was one of a crowd of climate activists demonstrating on the…

Covid commission boss Nev Power steps back at gas company amid conflict of interest concerns

The head of the Morrison government commission tasked with coming up with plans to revitalise the…

‘I hope hand lotion doesn’t cause cancer, because we’ve been using a lot’

After three weeks in the Capitol, the Senate has not turned into the coronavirus hot spot…

House leaders agree to vote on amendment restricting surveillance of internet browsing

Rep. Zoe Lofgren will offer up the language of the amendment with Rep. Warren Davidson. |…

Endangered shorebirds unsustainably hunted during migrations, records show

More than 30 shorebird species that fly across oceans each year to visit Australia – including…

Rare white grizzly bear spotted in Canada’s Rocky Mountains – video

Play Video 0:24 A rare white grizzly bear has been spotted in Canada’s Rocky Mountains. According…

The Guardian view on climate and Covid: time to make different choices | Editorial

The dust storms that devastated the US prairie during the Great Depression were the worst ecological…