Iceland's president urged to intervene over Europe's last whaler – conservation groups are asking for the decision to allow Hvalur to hunt to be put on hold until after election conservation Article 563 words 5 votes
At least sixty-four dead and millions without power after hurricane Helene devastates south-eastern US states with landslides and flooding, washing away roads and bridges Article 700 words 61 votes
Painting one turbine blade black has shown promise for preventing bird collisions energy.renewable Article 730 words, published May 20 2024 18 votes
Hvaldimir, a celebrated ‘spy’ whale, is found dead in Norway – first spotted in 2019 wearing what looked like a camera harness Article 494 words 15 votes
‘I have lost everything’: Bangladesh floods strand 1.24 million families. Bangladeshis claim Indian dam water release made it more severe. water.flood Article 1536 words 21 votes
A dam collapses in eastern Sudan after heavy rainfall and local media report dozens missing Article 558 words 19 votes
An American man has died in south Iceland after ice collapsed while he was on a group tour to a glacier Article 197 words 22 votes
Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt – conservationists say number of hunting licences granted is too high and condemn it as ‘pure trophy hunting’ conservation Article 527 words 15 votes
Iceland's government has issued a license to the North Atlantic nation's last fin whaling company to hunt and kill 128 fin whales this year conservation Article 396 words 13 votes
At least 147 dead in monumental flood in Brazil. 127 missing. climate change Article 440 words 25 votes
Big farms are under pressure to address the problem of dying salmon in Norway's vast fish-farm industry Article 913 words 9 votes
Maui wildfire report: Officials declined extra help before a deadly inferno engulfed Lahaina, killing more than 100 people Article published Apr 17 2024 12 votes
Hogzilla or Jaws? Wild pigs kill more people than sharks, research reveals. Article 315 words 13 votes
Dozens trapped in tunnels after Taiwan’s strongest quake in twenty-five years kills at least nine Article 230 words 27 votes
Iowa fertilizer spill kills nearly all fish across sixty mile stretch of rivers pollution.water Article 719 words 47 votes
New report shows that a crowded historic neighborhood suffered disproportionate casualties in Lahaina Hawaii fire Article 3191 words 9 votes
How to stop an Icelandic whale hunt – Elissa Phillips and Anahita Babaei on chaining themselves to the crow's nests of whaling vessels for thirty-three hours Article 643 words 9 votes
Colombia will try to control invasive hippo population through sterilization, transfer, euthanasia Article 370 words 21 votes
Two women were killed by bears on a day in 1967, the first such deaths in Glacier Park. Park policies completely changed in response. Article 1170 words 9 votes
The pristine Tana River, bordering Norway and Finland, is littered with the rotting corpses of an invasive Pacific salmon species Article 1376 words 9 votes
Risk of mass deaths as heatwaves start to pass survivability threshold climate change Article 838 words 48 votes
Flooding in Libya leaves 2,000 people feared dead and more missing after storm collapsed dams Article 966 words 6 votes
Iceland allows whaling to resume – activists say that whales will still suffer agonising deaths despite new regulations and monitoring Article 879 words 23 votes
Migrant hunters in Greece show off captured 'trophies' after wildfire season Article 944 words 12 votes
In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived Article 2220 words 21 votes
Dozens of reindeer have been killed for crossing into Russia, as Norway fixes Arctic fence to stop the Sámi herds crossing the border Article 451 words 7 votes
Finland, Europe's leading producer of fox fur, has begun slaughtering 120,000 foxes and mink to stem an outbreak of avian flu that has hit fur farms Article 290 words 8 votes
Landslides, a stranded town and two deaths so far reported as extreme weather sweeps across southern Norway Article 587 words 14 votes
Campaign launched on Thursday to boycott the Faroe Islands over their highly controversial slaughter of pilot whales and dolphins Link 38 votes
Heat and smoke are smothering most of the US, putting lives at risk pollution.air Article 873 words 14 votes
Iceland suspends whale hunt on animal welfare concerns until the end of August, likely bringing controversial practice to historic end Link 19 votes
Europe has lost over half a billion birds in forty years. The single biggest cause? Pesticides and fertilisers pollution Article 1005 words 18 votes
The Faroe Islands' annual whale hunt has begun, sparking condemnation from animal rights groups – though it remains a complex cultural issue Link 5 votes
Whale hunts have been branded inhumane by activists and authorities as Icelandic report finds they suffer a long and painful death Article 690 words, published May 9 2023 12 votes
What Denmark's dead hedgehogs tell us about their lives – and how we can help them conservation Article 995 words 3 votes
World's oldest European hedgehog discovered in Denmark – posthumous discovery gives conservationists hope for the mammals' future preservation conservation Article 753 words 4 votes
In 1952, a landslide caused a tsunami that killed a Greenlandic man – some researchers think he might have been an early victim of anthropogenic warming climate change Article 861 words 2 votes