Starwatch: prepare to track down a young crescent moon

This week the perennial beauty appears in Taurus so watch the western sky at sunset for…

‘Aphrodisiac’ of the ocean: how sea cucumbers became gold for organised crime

Overfishing and smuggling of this crucial animal are affecting biodiversity and the livelihood of local fishers…

Country diary: a telltale sign of the elusive woodcock

Allendale, Northumberland: This tail feather, with its delicate shades of peaty brown, silver and muted orange,…

Business travellers planning to cut future flights, poll finds

Only a third of business flyers expect to return to same level of air travel as…

Clyburn: Georgia election law is the ‘new Jim Crow’

The House majority whip drew a comparison between the law and restrictions instated in the 1800s…

Biden’s infrastructure plan heads for the Senate shredder

President Joe Biden says he views his $2 trillion-plus infrastructure plan as simply a starting point…

The solution to California’s rampant sea urchin problem is to eat them. I gave it a try

Biologists and chefs are urging people to chow down on the purple sea urchins that are…

‘No community should suffer this’: Florida’s toxic breach was decades in the making

A leak at an abandoned fertilizer plant is just the latest development at a site that…

Rare European vultures being poisoned by livestock drug

Diclofenac was approved in Spain and Italy despite being banned in Asia after it had wiped…

‘Negotiating with your worst enemy’: Biden in risky talks to pay Brazil to save Amazon

The US is negotiating a multi-billion dollar climate deal with Brazil that observers fear could help…