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Horner, Somerset: The woodlands here are ideal for southern wood ants – and now the nests have come alive

The world is drowning in discarded electronics – from broken phones and laptops to old refrigerators and medical equipment – and only a tiny fraction is being recycled. Now, as electronic waste surges to record levels, more than 180 countries have gathered in Geneva to confront the growing crisis.

Labour politicians warn former PM had boosted Tory and Reform climate sceptics on the eve of local elections

‘Huge volumes of chicken muck’ entering rivers are harmful to fish and plants, campaigners argue at Cardiff high court

Former Labour PM accused of ‘handing talking points’ to Tories and Reform after saying net zero strategy faltering

Corroboree frog belongs to 100m-year-old family of amphibians but is now found only in the puddles and peat bogs of Kosciuszko national park

Annual survey of numberplates from more than 25,000 journeys reveals 63% fall in squashed bugs since 2021

Conservation groups count glow-in-the-dark caterpillars and chrysalises which are hard to spot in daylight

Advertising Standards Authority says neither Lavazza UK nor Dualit’s product can be recycled at home

Whitley Bay, North Tyneside: It’s one of our more elusive birds. No wonder we have to make do with analysing its extraordinary call

Temperatures south Asians dread each year arrive early as experts talk of ever shorter transition to summer-like heat