Wildlife
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Tree clearing may have killed 180 koalas in Queensland in two years, says wildlife groupWorld Wildlife Fund calls for public pressure on the Palaszczuk government to reduce habitat destruction
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Whitley Awards for nature conservation 2017 winners – in picturesFinalists for his year’s prestigious ‘green Oscars’ include a Turkish conservationist working with fisherman to create a marine reserve and a woman partnering with prisoners to protect the critically endangered Philippine cockatoo
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Check out the fussy falcons of NottinghamBrief letters: Electoral register and young people | Typefaces | Nottingham’s peregrines | Names for grandparents | 35mm film canisters
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Wild boar gives British ambassador to Austria a scareEnvoy recounts being charged at by ‘massive’ specimen, resulting in minor injuries as he slipped during his escape
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Chinese appetite for totoaba fish bladder kills off rare porpoiseOnly 30 vaquita are left in Gulf of California as pirate fishermen net them when fishing for highly valued totoaba maws
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10 years of Ciwem Environmental Photographer of the Year – in picturesThe Chartered Institution for Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) Photographer of the Year competition was set up 10 years ago to chronicle human impact on the natural environmentThe 2017 competition launches this week and judges include Stephen Fry, Ben Fogle and Steve Backshall
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38 million pieces of plastic waste found on uninhabited South Pacific islandHenderson Island, part of the Pitcairn group, is covered by 18 tonnes of plastic – the highest density of anthropogenic debris recorded anywhere in the world
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Coralroot, a rare beauty among the old gravesCountry diary: North Wessex Downs, Hampshire Cow parsley and common vetch crowd around the carved words of grief and remembrance
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Secrets of the shiny yellow buttercupPlantwatch When it comes to attracting pollinators, buttercup petals hold all the aces. They even provide their guests with heating
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Will clothes companies do the right thing to reduce microfiber pollution?Synthetic fibers are polluting the world’s oceans – but a new report shows how apparel companies have been far too slow to respond. Can they change their ways?
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Where have all the insects gone?While news focuses on elections or the economy, the bigger picture is that our world is being tragically and massively denuded of non-human forms of life
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Cockney sparrows living the high lifeBrief letters: Kelvin MacKenzie and Ross Barkley | Return of the sparrows | Management speak | Kings killed in battle | Grandparents’ names | 35mm film canisters
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Locals dismayed as Trump's EPA gives new life to controversial Alaska minePebble Ltd Partnership allowed to seek permit to build mine near Bristol Bay after settling long-running lawsuit with EPA
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UK farmers call for cross-country pipelines after driest winter in 20 yearsFarmers and conservationists warn of water shortage, with ‘water shunting’ from wet north to dry south seen as one solution
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The week in wildlife – in picturesA Sumatran tiger, an alligator and a humpback whale are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world
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Why has Labour included bees in its manifesto?Leaked draft says Labour will protect bees by banning all neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been linked to species decline
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Bandits kill park ranger in Democratic Republic of the CongoAn armed group ambushed a convoy of rangers from the Itombwe reserve fatally injuring one and holding two others ransom, including a French national
Elephant conservation Live Q&A: What impact is human development having on the world’s elephant populations?
Elephant conservation Live Q&A: What impact is human development having on the world’s elephant populations?