Deadly impact of upstream pollution: Country diary, 18 April 1921

18 April 1921 The coastguard told us that all the fish in the stream running down…

Starwatch: prepare to track down a young crescent moon

This week the perennial beauty appears in Taurus so watch the western sky at sunset for…

‘Aphrodisiac’ of the ocean: how sea cucumbers became gold for organised crime

Overfishing and smuggling of this crucial animal are affecting biodiversity and the livelihood of local fishers…

Country diary: a telltale sign of the elusive woodcock

Allendale, Northumberland: This tail feather, with its delicate shades of peaty brown, silver and muted orange,…

Business travellers planning to cut future flights, poll finds

Only a third of business flyers expect to return to same level of air travel as…

Clyburn: Georgia election law is the ‘new Jim Crow’

The House majority whip drew a comparison between the law and restrictions instated in the 1800s…

Biden’s infrastructure plan heads for the Senate shredder

President Joe Biden says he views his $2 trillion-plus infrastructure plan as simply a starting point…

The solution to California’s rampant sea urchin problem is to eat them. I gave it a try

Biologists and chefs are urging people to chow down on the purple sea urchins that are…

‘No community should suffer this’: Florida’s toxic breach was decades in the making

A leak at an abandoned fertilizer plant is just the latest development at a site that…

Rare European vultures being poisoned by livestock drug

Diclofenac was approved in Spain and Italy despite being banned in Asia after it had wiped…