‘My God, I’m in a whale’s mouth’: lobster diver on brush with hungry humpback
Michael Packard, 56, was spat out after half a minute but expert says experience would have been ‘totally freaky’ for the whaleA New England lobsterman has described the moment he...
It’s this season’s must-have Hermès bag. And it’s made from fungus
The luxury label is the latest to adopt pioneering technology as designers shift to plant-based fabric. Is this the end of leather?It’s fair to say that Hermès knows handbags. The...
The beauty of native wildflowers – in pictures
Photographer Kathryn Martin started working with wildflowers when she lived in London. Inspired by the copperplate engravings in 18th-century botanist William Curtis’s eight-volume Flora Londinensis, she digitally photographs native wildflowers...
Sea eagles spotted at Loch Lomond for first time in over a century
Nature bodies in Scotland have put exclusion zone in place to protect the area where the birds were seenSea eagles have appeared on Loch Lomond for the first time in...
How to grow native red clover | Alys Fowler
It enriches the soil, feeds the bees, makes a mean cup of tea... and you might just find a lucky four-leaferMy love is always looking for lucky leaves if there’s...
Electric cars: switching tariff could save £300-plus a year
Many motorists charging their vehicle at home don’t even know special cost-cutting deals existYou’ve taken delivery of a shiny new electric car, and the plug-in charger is being installed next...
Calls for G7 spending restraint misguided, warns Lord Stern
‘Premature austerity will threaten growth’ as world recovers from Covid-19, says climate economistWealthy nations must ignore calls to rein in public spending as the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic...
‘We’re causing our own misery’: oceanographer Sylvia Earle on the need for sea conservation
‘Queen of the Deep’ says it is not too late to reverse human-made damage to oceans and preserve biodiversityThe world has the opportunity in the next 10 years to restore...
Finding fangs: new film exposes illicit trade killing off Bolivia’s iconic jaguar
Undercover documentary investigates the trafficking of Latin America’s big cat to meet demand in ChinaElizabeth Unger was a 25-year-old biology graduate working as a PhD research assistant for big cat...
Dollar Gains Against Major Counterparts As Focus Shifts To Fed Policy Meeting
The U.S. dollar stayed firm against most of its major counterparts on Friday amid bets the European Central Bank and the Bank of England are unlikely to tighten their monetary...