The Latest Breaking News on Environment

Iida Turpeinen’s novel has been a sensation in her native Finland. On the eve of its UK publication, she talks about her compulsion to tell of the sociable giant’s plight

The Marches, Shropshire: The larvae of gall wasps burrowed into these acorns in summer. Now they’re gone, leaving behind the weird, hardened detritus

Homeowners urged to use more robust planting and permeable materials to help mitigate flood risk

Plans for a fossil fuel project in Wadden Sea nature reserve have angered local people and campaigners, as political enthusiasm for renewables wanes

Set up by three ‘eco-anxious’ farmers, WildEast has created UK-wide version of pledge to encourage people to restore nature

Tens of thousands evacuated amid significant damage from intense rainfall and storm surge

Research project team say Labour’s proposed nature restoration fund would end up being a ‘pay-to-destroy system’

Snettisham, Norfolk: The spectacle is magnificent enough, but this time it was the sounds that moved me, of curlews, whimbrels, skylarks and knots

Multiple locations across Australia’s eastern states are facing temperatures up to 18C above average over the coming week, BoM says

In a hidden valley in the French Alps, conservationists are quietly raising Europe’s largest bird of prey – the bearded vulture – once wiped out from these mountains. After a century away, it is once again soaring again over the Alps, but its comeback still depends on human care.

According to planning conditions, Wolborough Fen in Newton Abbot must be protected as groundworks are prepared for 1,200 homes