Judge rules 2,000 Catalina Island deer can be killed to save native plant species | California
Locals and tourists have long fawned over Catalina Island’s mule deer population. For nearly a century, the ungulates…
Historic Grand Canyon lodge the second impacted by natural disaster in over a year
The Grand Canyon’s vast, mile-deep landscape may appear timeless, but two devastating disasters have recently struck the iconic…
Dozens of trapped hydropower tunnel workers in Nepal could still be alive, official says | Nepal-Tibet flood disaster
Nepal authorities have said they are “confident” that dozens of workers in Nepal’s Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant are still…
EnQuest CEO signals interest in BP’s North Sea oil and gas business
U.K. energy exploration and production company EnQuest is interested in buying BP‘s oil and gas interests in the…
I camped in one of Britain’s last remaining rainforests | Devon holidays
Mist blankets the valley as I wheel my camping gear down the small hill towards a clearing ringed…
‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching | El Niño southern oscillation
The El Niño climate phenomenon is “supersizing before our eyes”, the UN has said. The event is near…
“Even amongst their fellow apex predators, they are still top of the food chain…” 7 animals so formidable they have virtually no predators
Sometimes, herbivores grow so large that they become invulnerable to predators. And, on rare occasions, species that could…
Australia’s new environmental protection agency approves coal project, angering climate groups | BHP
Australia’s new national agency for environmental protection has approved its first coal project, allowing a Queensland open-cut mine…
The place that never freezes: the Arctic habitat where global heating threatens more ice, not less | Sea ice
Electric-blue meltwater sprays up under Terry Noah’s snowmobile as he races across sea ice extending out from Canada’s…
Whyalla steelworks sale faces potential delay as locals react to uncertainty
On and off for the past five months, a thick plume of steam has puffed out of the…
If you ever wondered what the Commonwealth was for, Canada’s trade predicament has some pointers
The Canadian flag flies from the ferry in British Columbia. Photos: Genevieve Jacobs. I recently visited the Boer…
Big Desert dingoes to be reviewed for critically endangered status
A controversial population of desert dingoes could become the first of their kind to be recognised nationally as…