Joe Biden’s pick for national intelligence director, Avril Haines, listens during a confirmation hearing before the…
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Wild lynx could be reintroduced into Scottish Highlands
Study tests public support for bringing back species after 500-year absence, while farmers fear for sheep…
Peters poised to lead Senate Democrats’ campaign arm
Sen. Gary Peters is a somewhat unconventional choice, coming off a challenging election. | Tom Williams,…
Sweden to build reindeer bridges over roads and railways
‘Renoducts’ will help animals who have to roam further for food due to global heating Sweden…
Oxford animal-only antibiotic lab could prop up intensive farming, critics say
New research centre to tackle overlap of livestock and human medicines, but campaigners fear “techno-fix” for…
‘One of a kind’: calls to protect Alabama’s 60,000-year-old underwater forest
Efforts are under way to designate site of submerged forest off the Alabama coast a marine…
Limiting air pollution ‘could prevent 50,000 deaths in Europe’
World Health Organization estimates air pollution kills more than 7 million people each year Limiting air…
Silvertown tunnel an ‘assault on health’ of locals, warn doctors
Group of GPs and other health experts say planned Thames tunnel will increase pollution in the…
Hidden lives: the animals behind the products we consume – photo essay
Photojournalists capture the often unseen side of the meat, fur and entertainment industries, in a collection…
Take a peak: the mountains and mysticism of Nepal – in pictures
Despite no real climbing experience, photographer Bastiaan Woudt went in search of the Himalayas’ highest peaks…