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These dogs are trained to sniff out an invasive insect—and they're shockingly good at it

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:02:40 +0000

Dogs trained by everyday pet owners are proving to be surprisingly powerful allies in the fight against the invasive spotted lanternfly. In a groundbreaking study, citizen scientists taught their dogs to sniff out the pests’ hard-to-spot egg masses with impressive accuracy. The initiative not only taps into the huge community of recreational scent-detection dog enthusiasts, but also opens a promising new front in protecting agriculture. And it doesn’t stop there—these canine teams are now sniffing out vineyard diseases too, hinting at a whole new future of four-legged fieldwork.

How Trump’s anti-immigrant policies could collapse the US food industry - visualized

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:00:24 +0000

The president is threatening to deport essential farm workers, grocery clerks and food delivery drivers. But without them, shelves could go empty and prices could soar

The Trump administration’s assault on immigrants is starting to hit the American food supply.

Rodent wars: US city where ground squirrels outnumber people fights back

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:37:59 +0000

Residents of Minot, North Dakota, exasperated by proliferation of furry foot-long neighbors

The Richardson’s ground squirrel weighs less than a pound, is about a foot long and is native to the northern Plains.

The little creature also is a ferocious tunneler, and it’s exasperating the people of Minot, North Dakota, where it’s burrowing everywhere from vacant lots to the middle of town, and growing more plentiful over the past two decades.

Cory Booker pitches bill to allow lawsuits against pesticide makers over ‘toxic products’

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:02:58 +0000

Pesticide Injury Accountability Act would ensure that Bayer, Syngenta and others can be held responsible for allegedly causing health issues

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Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:25:25 +0000

President has 15 days to approve or veto legislation that critics say will lead to vast deforestation and destruction of Indigenous communities

Brazilian lawmakers have passed a bill that drastically weakens the country’s environmental safeguards and is seen by many activists as the most significant setback for the country’s environmental legislation in the past 40 years.

US waterways are full of dumped tires. The ‘River Cowboy’ won’t stand for it

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:00:38 +0000

Tires take decades to decompose, and millions are improperly dumped every year. An intrepid group sets out to clear Kentucky’s ‘conveyor belt of trash’

In the 1980s, Russ Miller and his wife moved to a far edge of eastern Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, where they built a homestead on a ridge hugged by three sides of the river. It’s the kind of place you can only get to with a hand-drawn map. A place so remote that the farther and farther you drive to get to it, the more unsure you are that you are in the right place.

Trump’s $1tn for Pentagon to add huge planet-heating emissions, study shows

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 10:00:35 +0000

Exclusive: 17% increase in military spending will add emissions equivalent to those of some entire countries

Donald Trump’s huge spending boost for the Pentagon will produce an additional 26 megatons (Mt) of planet-heating gases – on a par with the annual carbon equivalent (CO2e) emissions generated by 68 gas power plants or the entire country of Croatia, new research reveals.

The Pentagon’s 2026 budget – and climate footprint – is set to surge to $1tn thanks to the president’s One Big Beautiful Act, a 17% rise on last year.

Reform’s anti-renewables stance ‘putting jobs and energy bills at risk’

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:22:56 +0000

Industry says party’s threat to strip wind and solar subsidies if it enters power undermines national interest

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Britain’s green energy industry has accused the Reform UK party of undermining the national interest by threatening to strip public subsidies for wind and solar projects if it comes to power.

Restaurant in China criticised for putting baby lion cuddles on menu

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 07:02:14 +0000

Diners jump at chance to snuggle with cubs but wildlife experts accuse firm of ‘exploiting wild animals for selfies’

A restaurant in northern China has been criticised by animal welfare groups for offering an unusual item on the menu: lion cub cuddles.

According to a screenshot of a menu circulating on social media, Wanhui – a restaurant in Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi province – has a four-course set afternoon menu costing 1,192 yuan ($166/£124) that includes playtime with the in-house animals.

Technicolour lakes and butterfly brains: Wellcome photography prize 2025 – in pictures

admin — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 06:00:30 +0000

From microscopic images inside a human kidney to self portraits of enduring epilepsy and endometriosis, this year’s selection is as moving as it is dazzling