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
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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
Zambia to kill 2000 hippos because they might spread anthrax
4 June 2018
Over the next five years 2000 hippos are to be culled in Zambia, supposedly to stop them giving people anthrax, but the cull may inadvertently fuel the trade in hippo ivory
In big cities even the fish are always rushing around the place
25 May 2018
Two common US fish have evolved different body shapes to help them survive in the fast-moving streams in built-up areas
Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming
24 May 2018
The asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago caused dramatic climate change, which could mean we are underestimating how much the planet will warm in the coming centuries
Mystery ozone-destroying gases linked to badly recycled fridges
24 May 2018
Last week we learned a chemical that harms the ozone layer is being emitted in Asia – and now it seems sloppy recycling might be partly to blame
Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene
21 May 2018
The biomass of living organisms on the planet has halved since human civilisation began, and humans now outweigh all wild mammals tenfold
Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct
21 May 2018
Researchers spent four years looking for Chinese giant salamanders and only found 24 – and that’s not even the worst bit of news
The volcanic eruption on Hawaii is now making an acidic fog
21 May 2018
As lava from Kilauea plunges into the Pacific Ocean, clouds of hot acidic steam are being blasted off – and the eruption shows no signs of slowing down
A third of ‘protected’ nature zones are quietly being ruined
17 May 2018
The world’s nations have set up 200,000 protected areas in which nature is supposed to flourish, but in many cases the protection is pretty much theoretical
