Climate crisis making autumn leaves fall earlier, study finds

Global heating appears to be making trees drop their leaves earlier, according to new research, confounding…

More than 3 billion people affected by water shortages, data shows

Water shortages are now affecting more than 3 billion people around the world, as the amount…

Going for green: how to shop more ethically on Black Friday – in pictures

Allbirds The sustainable footwear brand beloved of Silicon Valley is calling for shoppers to ‘break tradition,…

Cooling La Nina may not save Great Barrier Reef from mass coral bleaching, experts warn

A global weather phenomenon that would typically keep ocean temperatures lower across the Great Barrier Reef…

Charmed in lockdown: garden birds by Denis Thorpe – in pictures

I’ve spent most of my working life photographing people and places. Usually on film in glorious…

If bugs escape I’m a Celebrity ‘they could cause severe problems’, says Chris Packham

Parts of the Welsh countryside could become permanently damaged if creatures used in I’m a Celebrity…

Campaigners call for UK and EU bans on plastic ‘sample’ sachets

Environmental campaigners have joined forces with politicians and business leaders in demanding urgent action to tackle…

‘Large-scale human rights violations’ taint Congo national park project

Josi Emerson, president of the Baka pygmy village of Seh in the Congolese rainforest, was working…

‘All we could do was run’: the strange story of Gerald, the turkey who terrorized a city

The turkey locked eyes with her from across the park. Like many Oaklanders, sixteen-year-old Jojo Thompson…

Country diary: a mast year for the mighty oak

The eastern entrance to Old Sulehay forest is roofed by great oaks, still canopied with autumnal…