Europe’s heatwave moves north as UK braces for hottest day on record

Firefighters continued to battle blazes in southern Europe as searing temperatures moved north and Britain braced for what could be its hottest day on record. Expectations are now high that on Tuesday the British record of 38.7C could be broken and 40C breached for the first time, with experts blaming climate change and predicting more frequent extreme weather to come.

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Heatflation: How sizzling temperatures drive up food prices

As heat waves strike Europe and China, crops are withering.

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Mountain gorillas of Rwanda making a comeback

With close to a million species now threatened with extinction, it's not often you hear about a conservation success story. But as we first reported in November, the mountain gorillas of the East African nation of Rwanda are just that.

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‘Bees are really highly intelligent’: the insect IQ tests causing a buzz among scientists

We all know these busy insects are good for crops and biodiversity, but proof is emerging that they are also clever, sentient and unique beings

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Microplastics found in 80% of meat and milk products, with experts branding findings 'unsurprising' as animal feed contains plastic - Vegan Food & Living

Microplastics have been found in some 80 per cent of meat and milk samples tested by scientists in a pilot study.

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Manchin Dangles Hopes of a Future Compromise. Democrats Revolt.

A day after the West Virginia senator scuttled plans to pass a climate and tax package, many in his party blamed him for the demise of their ambitions and expressed a lack of trust in him.

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A million UK chickens ‘die needlessly each week to keep prices low’

More than a million meat chickens are dying every week in the UK before reaching slaughter weight, according to a new report. An analysis of government figures by the animal welfare charity Open Cages reveals about 64 million chickens die prematurely each year in the UK. The dead birds can be incinerated or rendered into usable materials such as protein meal.

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