1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (233+ words) From Cheddar Man and the Dead Sea Scrolls to Abbie Hoffman, Kikuchiyo and Peter, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 Slovenia and Venezuela are the first two countries to lose all their what?2 Which celebrated rock has 1620 carved on to…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (11+ words) This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading......

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (858+ words) Exclusive: State government delayed releasing major report into the health of the koala population for more than 12 months The Victorian government sat on a report for more than 12 months that found the state’s koala population was in chronically poor health....

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (545+ words) The bioluminescent beams of “fairy folk” are shining again from a nature reserve in North Yorkshire for the first time in a century after the successful reintroduction of endangered glowworms. Female glowworms were spotted over multiple weeks at Nosterfield nature…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (647+ words) Microbats and wombats among the most common species found in buildings, with some discovered in letter boxes or air conditioning systems Possums in the roof, bats in the curtains and ducks on the balcony: new research has revealed how native…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (11+ words) This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading......

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1555+ words) The Albanese government approved a proposal allowing the park to create carbon credits worth hundreds of millions of dollars, sparking a schism among environmentalists What qualifies as a win in environmental campaigning? Is it when a huge forest area that…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (674+ words) Hundreds of experts write to environment minister calling for stronger protections for ‘unique and distinct’ marine ecosystems The Australian government has been accused of leaving coastal waters largely unprotected by establishing the bulk of highly protected marine parks in remote…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (270+ words) Leeds, West Yorkshire: I missed it first time as my dad couldn’t wake me up. The second time round, he pulled my toe Dad and I were boiling in the house because of the UK heatwave. So we decided to…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (266+ words) At this point of the crisis in our relations with the natural world, we’ve got to protect these creatures – and we are running out of time Read more from the Guardian’s invertebrate of the year 2026 Too many animals are regarded…...