Week in wildlife: a tiny tiger-cat, backyard bears and a frilly pink sea cucumber

‘Hope is a built-in characteristic’: Margaret Atwood on birds, conservation and optimism for the future

‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to the study of birds

‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research

Revealed: the undisclosed safety data emerging as weedkiller maker faces Parkinson’s lawsuits in US

‘Your body fights to stay cool’: workers toil in record heat as federal rule frozen

‘We don’t have time for more promises’: the Croatian town that took on an illegal waste dump

‘I feel betrayed’: the Croatians living near an illegal waste dump who took matters into their own hands

I feel betrayed’: the Croatians living near an illegal waste dump who took matters into their own hands

How the illegal dumping of toxic waste in a Croatian town sparked national calls for clean-up

Would you bet on the future of our planet?

‘We wanted to prove we didn’t need air conditioning’: the airport cooled by natural ventilation

‘We can’t ride this storm’: the English farmers facing uncertainty after sustainability funding runs dry

Skylarks and sandwich terns among new birdies on reserve created from ‘boring old golf course’