Environment

Creator of new ‘Penguin Protection System’ says the structures protect endangered species while combating climate change

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Veto on accepting overseas junk marks culmination of three-year reduction policy

And other stories from the stranger side of life

Several species face starvation if the icy giant blocks access to feeding grounds

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Thursday 29 October

Study results trigger calls for environmentalists to ‘look in the mirror’

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Tuesday 20 October

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Monday 12 October

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Friday 9 October

The two candidates are pushing radically different agendas amid all the name-calling and campaign chaos

Millions in north of England remain under lockdown

Some experts believe the West Coast wildfires may be to blame for ‘unprecedented’ mass bird deaths in New Mexico

Cancellation of Hitachi nuclear plant in Wales threatens to derail Downing Street’s plans for eliminating CO2

Scientists warn that calving of largest remaining Arctic ice shelf could be ‘major centre of action for the deglaciation of Greenland’

Home secretary proposes reclassification that could see XR activists facing jail terms of up to five years

Where have New Guinea’s dogs been hiding? Is Africa being targeted by Big Plastic? And what will coronavirus do to gadgets?

And other stories from the stranger side of life

12-21 million tons of microplastics floating in top layers of Atlantic Ocean, new study finds

How a new breed of battery will help to power a lower-emission economy

Officials say the unsolicited packages have been mailed to residents in at least 27 US states

Chinese ban on exotic creatures could see robot revolution

MPs request review into why a country with its own space programme is being sent British aid

Landmark arrival offers hope that ‘sexed semen’ could halt decline of other uncommon breeds

Herd from Europe to be released in Kent in bid to ‘restore an ancient habitat’

Experts fear unexplained mass die-off may be result of unknown pathogen

Treasury is funding the No. 10 advisor’s experimental scheme despite ‘scepticism’ in Whitehall

Authorities insists no leakages or faults detected following rise in radioactivity levels across northern Europe

What is seasteading? Why are being prescribed video games? And what can we learn from a £100,000 speech?

Millions of masks, gloves and hand-sanitiser bottles are piling up in oceans

Why are South Africa’s hospitals overflowing? Should furloughed staff be working for free? And why are British beaches still not clean?

State of emergency declared following leakage of more than 21,000 tons of diesel in Siberia

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Thursday 21 May

Your guide to the best columns and commentary on Monday 18 May