Butterflies, bushfires and bears: Age of Extinction’s year in photography

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Is the UK about to have liftoff in the global space industry?

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Calls from the deep: do we need to Save the Whales all over again?

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‘It’s awakened me’: UK climate assembly participants hail a life-changing event

At the start of 2020, Sue Peachey could never have predicted how her life would change…

Elizabeth Warren’s next chapter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer replaced, lamenting that there’s no one ready to…

Amid 2020’s gloom, there are reasons to be hopeful about the climate in 2021 | John Sauven

In a world rife with disputes and divisions, there will be one emotion likely to unite…

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Storm surge damage, Lake Michigan, US, 13 January 2020 We begin at the start the year…

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At the far end of the quarry, workers in spindleberry hi-vis use a pile-driving rig to…

How Covid has plunged Asia’s captive elephants into fresh crisis

It has been a tough year for many, and for the elephants at Elefanjoy sanctuary in…

Partying dolphins and rare sea slug among 2020 highlights in UK seas