‘Food will be a by-product’: the Irish farmers creating nature-friendly fields

Michael Davoren shudders when he thinks of the 1990s. He’d been in charge of his 80-hectare…

Aflutter: Guardian readers share UK butterfly sightings – in pictures

Silver-studded blue ‘I go out photographing butterflies each year,’ says Thomas Moore, a primary school teacher…

Covid-19 relief for fossil fuel industries risks green recovery plans

The failure of governments and central banks to set out a green recovery from the coronavirus…

Where do lawmakers stand on Trump’s response to nationwide Black Lives Matter protests?

As the country reels from the police killings of black Americans and thousands protest across the…

The Guardian view on Brazil and the Amazon: don’t look away | Editorial

A consensus that international cooperation is required to limit the danger from global heating has existed…

The week in wildlife – in pictures

A robin feeds its young fledgling as a lamb wanders past in Dartmoor, UK. The nearby…

Republicans cheer latest unemployment data

“INCREDIBLE. The Great American Comeback is starting!” tweeted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy. | Alex Edelman/Getty…

Tree mapping app blossoms as city-dwellers seek out nature in lockdown

An online mapping tool featuring the location and species of more than 700,000 trees in London…

Mines are hotspots for spread of Covid-19, study finds

Mining sites in Canada, the US and around the world have become hotspots for the spread…

Meat giants selling to UK linked to Brazil farms in deforested Amazon reserve

Three international meat companies have indirectly sourced cattle from farms that deforested a unique, protected Amazon…