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Return of Britain's native species

Robin McKie

8th June, 2009

Guardian_EN_MAIN_02_2.jpg The first great bustards born in the wild in the UK since 1832 hatched last week. The reintroduction of this and many other species is invigorating the countryside, but eradicating foreign invaders - animals and plants - is equally important more...

The environmental impact of drugs

Nick Kettles

19th May, 2009

How much rainforest does it take for one celebrity to snort another one under the table? Nick Kettles investigates the devastating environmental impact of cocaine use more...

The first mass remembrance

David Hawkins

15th April, 2009

Mass_Remembrance_MAIN.jpg The new work by artist Maya Lin, famous for her memorial to US soldiers lost in Vietnam, commemorates the species destroyed and endangered by human action. As the list of the dead grows, David Hawkins wonders if the future is set in stone more...

Possum or polar bear?

William Laurance

8th April, 2009

Possum-or-polar-bear_MAIN.jpg With global warming putting pressure on animals and biodiversity in the tropics, is it time we had a new poster child for climate change, asks William Laurance
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