The week in wildlife – in pictures

An egret passes a tree branch to another during the breeding season at the Daan Forest…

Return of the burbot: ‘great lost fish’ to be reintroduced to UK

Forget dreams of wolves, bears or lynx – the next animal to be restored to the…

Europe’s cities are leading the fight against xenophobia and the climate crisis | Ada Colau

Conservative politicians have long declared there is no alternative to capitalism. Many of capitalism’s cruelties, from…

Morrison government to stop funding international collaboration on shift to zero emissions

The Morrison government has told researchers at two of Australia’s leading universities it will break a…

The race to save Polesia, Europe’s secret Amazon

On the banks of the Pripyat River lies a forest. On a crisp winter afternoon with…

A snowless winter around Europe – in pictures

Grampian, Scotland The Lecht ski centre near Tomintoul deserted due to a total absence of snow…

‘Seismic shift’: ministers signal end of badger cull

The controversial cull of badgers across England will begin to be phased out in the next…

This winter in Europe was hottest on record by far, say scientists

This winter has been by far the hottest recorded in Europe, scientists have announced, with the…

Why don’t we treat the climate crisis with the same urgency as coronavirus? | Owen Jones

It is a global emergency that has already killed on a mass scale and threatens to…

Glowing, glowing, gone: plunge in glow-worm numbers revealed

Glow-worm numbers have plunged by three-quarters since 2001, research in England has revealed, with the climate…