The chips are down: Belgium counts the cost of betting all on the potato

A row over a huge processing plant has exposed flaws in the country’s reliance on a…

EPA shuts polluting Caribbean refinery reopened under Trump

Nearby residents in the US Virgin Islands, have endured water contamination and noxious fumes that closed…

A starfish is born: hope for key species hit by gruesome disease

US team succeeds in captive breeding of sunflower sea stars and aims to reintroduce them to…

Weatherwatch: does nuclear power really keep the lights on?

With nuclear fading away, Britain must learn how to carefully manage renewable energy The nuclear industry…

Country diary: nothing beats the thrill of having whales on your doorstep

Stromness, Orkney: Via a WhatsApp group, fishermen inform us landlubbers of any sightings – and off…

Cicilline seeks to censure Republicans who dismiss Jan. 6 insurrection

One progressive House Democrat is pressing to formally rebuke a handful of members in the House…

Australia’s mouse plague: six months ago it was war, now whole towns have accepted their presence

Farmers and residents in NSW and Queensland are still battling surging rodent numbers but they fear…

‘They seem to have gone coal mad’: major parties sing as one, but Upper Hunter voters are not so sure

Hotly contested NSW byelection comes amid growing doubts about the economic viability of the industry and…

Third of global food production at risk from climate crisis

Food-growing areas will see drastic changes to rainfall and temperatures if global heating continues at current…

Crying about hamburgers is dead-end on climate crisis, Republicans warned

Congressman Peter Meijer, 33, warns that false claims of a burger ban or blaming immigrants risk…