Hill leaders feud over short-term spending bill to avoid shutdown

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Botswana says it has solved mystery of mass elephant die-off

Hundreds of elephants died in Botswana earlier this year from ingesting toxins produced by cyanobacteria, according…

I lived the climate crisis every day of my childhood. This November, I’ll vote on it | Jessica Diaz Vazquez

My teacher first taught me about global warming in the third grade. She explained how an…

Senator Ian the Climate Denialist Potato on the government’s plans for gas | First Dog on the Moon

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How coral transplants could rescue Turkey’s threatened reefs

Transplanting coral is difficult work. “You only have 20 minutes to dive down 30 metres and…

Nine out of 10 UK households recycle regularly, study shows

Nearly nine out of 10 UK households say they “regularly recycle”, with more prepared to further…

Children urged to strike against lack of action on climate emergency

Schoolchildren around the world are being urged to go on strike to protest against a lack…

A pale echo of Kent’s hop-picking past: Country diary, 25 September 1970

KENT: One of the odder contributions to the vernacular architecture of rural Kent is to be…

UK plans to bring forward ban on fossil fuel vehicles to 2030

The UK is poised to bring forward its ban on new fossil fuel vehicles from 2040…

Country diary: the sacred giants of the dung-beetle world

The year seemed finely balanced as we ambled down to the pond at Little Barbrook in…