How I found the special joy of nature in cities | Alice Vincent

One Friday morning last October, when we still could, I drove down from Brixton in south…

Animals of the far north – in pictures

The BBC series Stormborn, which is narrated by Ewan McGregor and begins tonight, charts the breeding…

Dizzying pace of Biden’s climate action sounds death knell for era of denialism

Analysis: The new president has framed the challenge of global heating as an opportunity for US…

Welsh council admits it should not have approved vast poultry farm

Permission for 110,000-chicken farm in ‘poultry capital of Wales’ withdrawn after legal challenge brought by local…

Country diary: a resonant raven kronk is heard through the leafless canopy

Wenlock Edge, Shropshire: Answering with a clicking noise draws a response from the ravens, maybe they…

Brian Sicknick, police officer killed in insurrection, to lie in honor at Capitol

An American flag flies at half-staff in remembrance of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick above…

GOP under pressure to take action against Marjorie Taylor Greene

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene yells at journalists after setting off the metal detector outside the doors…

‘Breathtaking’: what Joe Biden’s sweeping climate plan means for Scott Morrison

When John Kerry, the United States’ new special presidential envoy for climate, stepped up to speak…

The Week in Wildlife – in pictures

Great cormorants perch on a tree as the sun rises on a misty morning at Taudaha…

HS2 protesters say conditions in Euston tunnel are deteriorating

Activists tell of oxygen shortage, five internal collapses and an influx of liquid mud at London…