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‘They surprise me every time’: bees can use tools to solve problems, study finds

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:00:12 +0000

Insects join list of species capable of solving simple ‘box-and-banana’ problem that demonstrates basic intelligence

Bumblebees can use tools to solve a problem, according to experiments that demonstrate their remarkably advanced cognitive abilities.

Canada endorses embattled marine park’s plan to relocate 30 beluga whales

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:40:41 +0000

Beluga whales, which Marineland threatened to euthanize in 2025, will be moved to sanctuaries in Spain or across US

Canada and an embattled marine park have reached a tentative deal on the future of 30 beluga whales, ending a saga that has captivated the public and angered animal rights groups.

Trump to use wartime powers to dole out $700m to coal industry

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 17:28:06 +0000

US president accused of ‘putting polluters first’ by invoking Defense Production Act to prop up coal output

Donald Trump is to use a wartime presidential authority to hand $700m to coal-fired power plants in the US, the latest move by the president to bolster what he calls “beautiful clean coal” despite it being the dirtiest of fossil fuels.

California and New York weaken climate rules as red states ramp up green energy

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:00:10 +0000

Republican-led states growing renewable capabilities at faster rate as Texas emerges as clean-energy leader

Democratic-led states are eroding their climate policies, as red states are scaling up their clean energy deployment.

‘That’s a bad combination’: why Australia may be in for a slushy snow season

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:00:09 +0000

Snow arrives in time for the start of ski season, but climate change and El Niño mean it may not stick around for long, experts say

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Alarm as once-eradicated flesh-eating parasite found in calf in Texas

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:54:31 +0000

USDA confirms first case of new world screwworm fly in cattle in six decades, posing threat to livestock industry

A flesh-eating parasite rarely seen in the US in six decades has been found in a calf in Texas, agriculture officials said, in an alarming development for the country’s cattle industry.

UK car sales hit post-Covid high for May as Chinese EV makers gain ground

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:28:04 +0000

Registrations up 7% in the month, with battery EVs recording fastest growth and Tesla jumping 45% as motorists look to cut fuel bills

British car sales rose in May to their strongest level for the month since before the Covid pandemic, driven in part by strong growth from the Chinese manufacturers BYD and Chery.

Car registrations rose by 7% to 160,662 during the month, according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT), a lobby group.

England’s poorest areas face deepest cuts to green space under planning law changes, report finds

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:22:18 +0000

Exclusive: New loopholes for developers will exacerbate extreme disparities across country, charity coalition warns

The poorest and most nature-deprived communities in England will be further left behind in their access to green spaces if proposed changes to planning laws go ahead, a report finds.

More than 7.4 million people in England live in areas completely devoid of immediate biodiversity, including 1.4 million children under 15, the report commissioned by a number of wildlife and environmental NGOs says.

‘To them a power line is a line of trees’: Costa Rica moves to protect howler monkeys from electrocution

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:00:03 +0000

Electric shock is one of the biggest causes of death among wildlife in the country but a court ruling is a first step to making power lines safe

Peque, a small black howler monkey, scratches her head as she sits on a thick wooden branch in a wired enclosure with seven other orphaned baby howler monkeys at a rescue centre in Nosara, on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast.

Protesters clash with police in Albania over Jared Kushner-backed luxury resort – video

admin — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:24:03 +0000

Protests in Albania over a proposed luxury resort backed by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, are expected to intensify after opponents rejected an offer from the country’s prime minister 'to discuss solutions'. Footage showed police firing water cannon at protesters as thousands of people took to the streets of Tirana for a third day on Wednesday, some of them holding inflatable flamingos to symbolise the environmental damage they fear the project could cause, amid growing calls for it to be blocked.