Indigenous people living at the headwaters of the Amazon have called on European banks to stop…
Month: August 2020
A taste of honey: how bees mend fences between farmers and elephants
Watchtowers in trees, tripwire alarms, radio collars, chilli smoke and beehive fences: scientists and conservationists across…
The government is looking the other way while Britain’s rivers die before our eyes | George Monbiot
You can judge the state of a nation by the state of its rivers. Pollution is…
Country diary: one feather does not describe a whole bird
August is the feather month, when the sky is brought down to earth. Birds have worn…
Birdwatch: white storks return to UK after 600-year absence
The sound was both primeval yet utterly fresh and new: a time-travelling throwback to the middle…
Powerhouses: nanotechnology turns bricks into batteries
The humble house brick has been turned into a battery that can store electricity, raising the…
You have pesticides in your body. But an organic diet can reduce them by 70% | Kendra Klein and Anna Lappe
Never before have we sprayed so much of a chemical on our food, on our yards,…
‘As the tundra burns, we cannot afford climate silence’: a letter from the Arctic | Victoria Herrmann
When you stand facing an exposed edge of permafrost, you can feel it from a distance.…
Stranded dolphin rescued in Cornwall after five-hour operation
A stranded dolphin has been saved after a five-hour rescue operation in Cornwall. The mammal was…
Country diary: crickets in the bushes, staring eyes in the water
Today seems to be the day of the gatekeepers. Dozens of the bright, coppery-brown butterflies are…