The rollercoaster saga of the Salisbury Cathedral peregrine falcons is continuing this spring, with one bird…
Year: 2020
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The coronavirus pandemic has brought urgency to the defining political question of our age: how to…
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The economic rescue packages to deal with the impact of the coronavirus must also be green,…
Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ show how invasive species can restore a lost world
When the drug lord Pablo Escobar was shot dead in 1993, he left behind a zoo…
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Yakutia, a Russian republic in east Siberia, is one of the coldest places on Earth. In…
Parliament pension fund cuts fossil fuel investments
Parliament’s pension fund has made record investments in renewable energy and cut its exposure to fossil…
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In the hedgerows the blackthorn is shooting sprays of small white blossom upwards, thus signalling the…
Five-metre albino Burmese python captured at Gold Coast home – video
Play Video 1:01 This giant albino Burmese python, believed to be over five metres in length…
Weatherwatch: Costa Rican altitudes give rise to contrasting climates
Costa Rica may only be two-and-a-half times the size of Wales, but it boasts a wide…