Springwatch gives succour to our souls, but should it do more? | Ros Coward

Springwatch is back, the BBC’s largest outside broadcasting event with regular audiences approaching 4 million. I’m…

Longtime Virginia Sen. John Warner dies at 94

Former naval officer and Virginia Sen. John Warner is shown. | Getty Images By NICK NIEDZWIADEK…

Sex-mad and spectacular: 17 incredible facts about cicadas

Brood X is upon us. Across the US billions, if not trillions of cicadas have emerged…

SSE to spend GBP2bn on low-carbon energy projects in ‘pivotal year’

SSE has promised to spend about GBP2bn on low-carbon energy projects over the next year and…

Cortez Masto helped Dems flip the Senate. Now she needs to defend her turf.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has twice made history for Democrats: She steered her party’s campaign arm…

McConnell, the minority leader with ‘veto’ power

The lawmaker with the most influence over President Joe Biden’s agenda right now isn’t a member…

This Australian trade deal shows how ‘Global Britain’ has already lost its way | Rafael Behr

Just like the prime minister’s promises on Brexit, Boris Johnson’s pledges of support to UK farmers…

‘Highway of death’: animals pay ultimate price on Brazil’s most dangerous road for wildlife

More than 3,000 animals die on the country’s BR-262 road each year, but legal action by…

The war against snails: can gardeners ever win?

In the past few weeks, the slugs and snails have risen in British gardens – and…

Britain has promised net zero – but it’s on track to achieve absolutely nothing | George Monbiot

Despite producing ambitious targets, governments have failed to tackle the big environmental issues over the past…