The humble spud, staple of the British dinner table, has weathered storm, flood and lockdown, but…
Month: August 2020
Furry engineers: sea otters in California’s estuaries surprise scientists
When Brent Hughes started studying the seagrass beds of Elkhorn Slough, an estuary in Monterey Bay…
‘The worst of human nature’: UK staycationers’ trail of destruction
Fires caused by portable barbecues, wild flowers being dug up, the disturbance of shorebirds, and an…
The underwater future of the Maldives – in pictures
Ukulhas, Alif Alif Atoll Hassan and Malham, 23 and 28-years-old. They have been friends since they…
Amazon fires: Brazil sees worst start to fire season in 10 years – video
Play Video 0:50 Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has had its worst start to a fire season in…
China’s billion dollar pig plan met with loathing by Argentinians
A government-sponsored plan to turbocharge Argentina’s hog industry with Chinese capital is generating unprecedented resistance among…
Science is saving the forty-spotted pardalote – nature’s ridiculous tiny idiot | First Dog on the Moon
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Country diary: dodder is such a pretty parasite
The topography of the South West Coast Path has more ups and downs than a stockmarket…
Here is why we are taking the Australian government to the UN over its inaction on climate change | Yessie Mosby
I’d like to tell you about my home, Masig Island. Masig is a coral cay in…
Pollutionwatch: how lessons from 1920s were forgotten for 50 years
In August 1921, John Switzer Owens had a UK holiday. He went to Holme, Norfolk, and…