Reports and Studies
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Global forest loss slows but El Niño fires could threaten progress
The loss of tropical rainforests slowed last year, new satellite data suggests, largely due to Brazil’s efforts to curb deforestation…
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The unusual ways Fijians predict when a cyclone is approaching
Creeping yams and bees behaving strangely – in Fiji, farmers read nature’s warning signs to predict hurricane season. It’s July,…
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‘I know what I saw’ – Scotland’s history of big cat sightings
John Kirk is clear about what he saw while driving into Grantown-on-Spey with his wife on the evening of Friday…
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The unusual ways Fijians predict when a cyclone is approaching
Creeping yams and bees behaving strangely – in Fiji, farmers read nature’s warning signs to predict hurricane season. It’s July,…
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First ever talks to ditch fossil fuels as UN deadlock deepens
A large group of countries including some major oil producers are meeting on Friday to plan something UN climate summits…
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‘Silent suffering’: Why children in Gaza are losing their ability to speak
After an intense bombardment struck near his home, five-year-old Jad Zohud suddenly lost his ability to speak. He is not…
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Meet the 19-metre octopus that prowled the ancient seas
Giant octopuses may have ruled the ancient oceans 100 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed, according to new research. Some…
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‘It’s so chaotic’: Humpback whales are forming super-groups
On a misty morning in December 2025, two photographers captured the images of 304 individual humpbacks – the highest number…
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Aspirin can reduce the risk of cancer – and we’re starting to understand why
The 4,000-year-old drug, most commonly used to treat pain, prevents certain tumours from forming and spreading across the body –…
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As barbed wire blocks kids from class, Palestinians stage ‘Freedom School’
Just old enough to utter complete sentences in a small, wavering voice, Masa Hathaleen, five, stands before the barbed wire…
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