Compassionate World

‘We are really scared for our children,’ a villager told me. ‘What if they are playing while we’re away? Who will help them?’ There had been a raid last night in this northern Sumatran village of Bangkeh, and the community

Like so many top sporting events, this year’s Paris Olympic Games has had plenty of highs and lows.

UK and Scottish governments were inadequately prepared for the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a ruling by the UK Covid Enquiry. The public inquiry found that they had “failed their citizens” by not doing enough to properly plan for the crisis. A

Why we must look to history to recognise the true devastation of biodiversity loss

Deep into election season and we’ve all been inundated with messages from politicians of every persuasion trying to woo our vote.

Sitting on a child’s bed are rows of brightly coloured animals. A blue lizard. A golden lion alongside a purple monkey.  A brown teddy, cuddling a baby koala, a present from a grandparents’ travels

Puffin taking off from the sea at Lundy | Credit: Philip Lymbery Sumburgh Head, Shetland, and a timeless love story is being played out. Dressed in what looks like black and white Tuxedos and gently touching each other’s wildly colourful bills,

Why Plans to Farm Octopus Need an Urgent Rethink

Why the Real Threat to the Amazon is on Our Supermarket Shelves The noise was deafening as dust clouds formed beside the impenetrable Amazon rainforest. A bulldozer then started clanking through a clearing, its engine roaring. A heavy-duty metal chain originally

How many of us realise that lurking behind a box of ‘fresh’ eggs might be a tale that is far from ‘sunny side up’? Despite years of progress, there is still a stubborn rump of the egg industry pumping out