Week in wildlife: A rare chameleon, friendly starlings and hot buffaloes

I just returned from Antarctica: climate change isn’t some far-off problem – it’s here and hitting hard | Jennifer Verduin

The hidden underwater eden of ‘California’s Galapagos’, where seals and grizzly bear-sized bass reign

Fixing England’s water isn’t just the right thing to do – it can be the start of Labour’s fightback | Clive Lewis

Carla Denyer accuses Labour of failing to challenge Reform UK’s net zero ‘lie’

Country diary: A masterclass in biding your time | Ed Douglas

Plastics in everyday objects may disrupt sleep in same way as caffeine, study finds

Plan for windfarm in German ‘fairytale forest’ stokes green energy culture war

Two men found guilty of ‘mindless, moronic’ felling of Sycamore Gap tree

‘Stealing joy’: the sadness and symbolism of the crime at Sycamore Gap

‘If I had to choose, I’d prefer the earthquake’: the 2015 disaster left Nepal in ruins, now record rains wreak fresh havoc

Weatherwatch: How AI could offer faster, affordable weather forecasting

If illegal logging starts again, Liberia could lose more than its beloved pygmy hippos | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf