Dead clever: why vampire bats are the ultimate social-distancing experts
Sick bats self-isolate, while lobsters, monkeys and fish avoid other ill animals. If only humans could…
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The joys of spring! 10 easy October tasks to make your garden gorgeous next year
If you were one of the estimated three million people who discovered gardening this year, don’t…
What Victorian-era seaweed pressings reveal about our changing seas
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A beloved Jamaican beach is succumbing to climate change. It won’t be the last
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Meet the senators who will be in charge if Dems win the Senate
If Democrats win control of the Senate in November, the new committee chairs will include a…
How does one of the world’s biggest pork firms go bust during a boom?
How does one of the largest pork companies in the US go out of business at…
The meaning of leaf: an autumnal tour of England’s arboretums
Autumn’s blaze of glory, all flame-red leaves and burnt-gold foliage, offers an opportunity to marvel at…
The destruction of a sacred tree on Djab Wurrung country has broken our hearts | Sissy Eileen Austin
On Monday our biggest nightmare became a cold hard reality. The sounds of chainsaws, excessive police…
BP leads energy companies preparing two major UK carbon capture projects
After decades spent extracting fossil fuels from the UK’s North Sea, a consortium of oil companies…