Following trends and easy answers isn't the way to a good life
13 June 2018
Vegan clothes, biofuel and wood-burning stoves have all been offered up as ethical, environmental choices – but the evidence behind them is much more murky
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Vegan-friendly fashion is actually bad for the environment
13 June 2018
Animal-free alternatives to fur and leather are on the rise, but many use plastic materials that end up harming ocean creatures. Is there any way to dress ethically?
Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years
12 June 2018
Britain only has 58 wild mammal species to start with, and many have declined sharply in number since 1995 – with hedgehogs suffering a particularly severe fall
Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off
11 June 2018
In the past decade most of the oldest baobabs, many of them sprouted over two millennia ago, have died unexpectedly and few new ones are sprouting
Sperm whales are tracking fishing boats and stealing their fish
8 June 2018
Fishing boats in the Gulf of Alaska are being stalked by enormous sperm whales, which charge in and rip huge volumes of fish from the lines
Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea
7 June 2018
Northern fur seals mostly sleep with half their brain while they’re at sea, but sleep with all their brain while on land – unlike any other animal studied
Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat
6 June 2018
Palm oil consumption in the EU jumped by 7 per cent in 2017 because it is increasingly used as a biofuel – driving the destruction of orangutans’ habitat
The most elusive whales reveal their secrets in their wakes
5 June 2018
We know almost nothing about the enormous beaked whales because they spend so much time deep underwater, but a new DNA technique could unmask them
