A pond boom is happening in Britain’s gardens as people try to halt wildlife loss by digging water sources for amphibians and other aquatic life.…
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‘No chain stores, but moose on every corner’: as Colorado herds thrive, clashes with people rise
One morning in the winter of 1978, a handful of state wildlife staff huddled together in the Uinta Mountains in north-eastern Utah. Deep snows coated…
View More ‘No chain stores, but moose on every corner’: as Colorado herds thrive, clashes with people riseCountry diary: A kitchen ‘pest’ that predates dinosaurs
Iwas in the kitchen about to cut up a drumhead cabbage when I noticed an unusually lustrous bead of water rolling down the side of…
View More Country diary: A kitchen ‘pest’ that predates dinosaursJohn Lewis clothing range aims to ‘minimise waste and maximise longevity’
Fabric that shrinks or bobbles is a pet peeve of Britons who want to buy long-lasting clothes, with the low quality of high street fashion…
View More John Lewis clothing range aims to ‘minimise waste and maximise longevity’UK installs record number of public electric vehicle chargers
The UK has installed a record number of public electric car chargers this year, as companies race to keep up with the growing number of…
View More UK installs record number of public electric vehicle chargersBugs, drugs and electric venom: is this the most deadly library in the world?
Most mornings, Wolf Ruck walks the mown paths in his yard in Mississauga, Ontario, watching for insects landing on the goldenrod, birds feeding on native…
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Protests outside Barclays branches and the recent arguments over Baillie Gifford’s sponsorship of book festivals have put the spotlight on the investments behind big banking…
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I’m birdwatching at the edge of a reedbed, under a heavy sky that’s silvered by the falling sun, when a sudden outburst distracts me from…
View More Country diary: A gleaming catch causes much excitementChildren near Amsterdam airport use inhalers more, study finds
As the public hearings for London Gatwick airport’s northern runway resume, researchers from the Netherlands have found greater inhaler use in children living near Amsterdam’s…
View More Children near Amsterdam airport use inhalers more, study findsClean v green: ‘disgust wins out’ over eco ideals when doing laundry, study finds
How often should you wash your clothes? Doctors don’t really know, but the decision is more cultural than medical, anyway. Worried about leaving the house…
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