On a tiny Italian island, scientists conducted a radical experiment to see if the bees were causing their wild cousins to decline

The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive Seen from the air, Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. A patchwork of concrete shapes and shattered walls, neighbourhoods scattered with craters, rubble and roads that lead nowhere. The remnants of cities wiped out. But here, there has been no natural disaster and no slow passage of time. Members of Jordan’s military stand among pallets of aid about to be dropped on Gaza. Continue reading...

For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly

Exclusive: emissions from power-hungry computer warehouses at Lincolnshire facility expected to be 850,000 tonnes a year A vast new datacentre to feed Britain’s rising demand for artificial intelligence could cause more greenhouse gas emissions than five international airports. Elsham datacentre in Lincolnshire is on course to cost £10bn and its 15 power-hungry computer warehouses are projected to release five times the carbon dioxide of Birmingham airport, including from take-offs and landings. Continue reading...

A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides

Gaza is not an anomaly. It is a mirror. A reflection of our world as it really is today. And for many, a preview of what is to come.

Sam Rose works for the UN Relief and Works Agency, where he is the Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza.

Skipper Colin Barnes said the whales have left his search area of ocean off Cork because the sprat they feed on has been fished to near extinction

We spoke to Dr Victoria Rose, a surgeon working in Nasser Hospital in Gaza, and started by asking her about the sorts of injuries she is seeing among the children she's treating.

Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch

“What is most concerning is that Colossal’s ‘dire wolves’ have now attracted the attention of the Trump administration.” – Ronan Taylor

Saunders, Lees, Grames (2025) Understanding and counteracting the denial of insect biodiversity loss Science denial is one of the greatest threats to humanity. Denial of climate change and public h…

We recognise extreme poverty as ruinous, but this turbo-charged affluence is deeply damaging too. Treat it as such, says Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah of the New Economics Foundation

In the last few weeks, Israel has demolished extensive areas of Gaza’s southernmost city, Rafah.

The Spanish bank has funnelled $600m to firms clearing South America’s fragile Gran Chaco ecosystem for beef, palm oil and soya, Global Witness says

(London, May 9, 2025) – A United Kingdom Supreme Court ruling on April 16, 2025 threatens the rights of trans people, Human Rights Watch said today. In in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, ...

A Bloomberg News analysis finds that roughly two thirds of new data centers built or in development in the US since 2022 are in places with high levels of water stress.

Identifying the metabolic and genetic changes that confer evolutionary novelty is essential for understanding the factors facilitating or constraining the occurrence of traits. We show that dimethyl d...

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Whitehall analysis provides no data or research to support the government argument that environmental legislation holds up building

UK higher education institutions did as the government asked and took on more students. Now many face collapse

Environmentalists worry that the post-Brexit legislation will allow the destruction of rare and fragile ecosystems

We spoke to Jan Egeland, the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council.

The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Join Prof Dave Gouslon to hear about how the Buzz Club are investigating the effectiveness of different bee hotels for UK bees.