Biodiversity is linked to people’s diversity, and nature lends itself to people who are different, says author Joe Harkness
When Joe Harkness received a message from a friend about macerating moth abdomens to check their genitalia to identify the species, it sparked an idea for a new book about wildlife obsessions. But over time, this developed into a completely different book: a clarion call to embrace neurodiversity in the fight against the extinction crisis.
Across Britain, 15% of people are thought to be neurodivergent. In the process of writing Neurodivergent, By Nature, Harkness discovered that an estimated 30% of conservation employees were neurodivergent. Why?
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07/25/2025 - 06:00
07/25/2025 - 06:00
‘Instead of just a choral group in a chapel, now it’s a rock group in a mausoleum,’ says one unspooked supporter
Rodney Anonymous, lead singer of the punk rock band The Dead Milkmen, has performed in venues around the world. His favorite place to play live is filled with the dead at the Laurel Hill cemetery in Philadelphia, where he used to ride his bike as a kid.
The acoustics are great, and when there’s a full moon, there’s no place like it, the singer said. The band, whose songs include Punk Rock Girl and Bitchin’ Camaro, have played at the burial grounds at least five times since 2012, and have plans to appear again next year.
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07/25/2025 - 05:00
PM of St Vincent and the Grenadines says ruling will strengthen the Caribbean’s negotiating power when it comes to climate change reparations
Leaders in the Caribbean have hailed the outcome of the international court of justice (ICJ) climate change case as a “historic legal victory” for small island states everywhere.
Several countries in the region had provided evidence to the ICJ case, which ended this week with a landmark advisory opinion that could see states ordered to pay reparations if they fail to tackle fossil fuels and prevent harm to the climate system.
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07/25/2025 - 01:00
The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world
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07/25/2025 - 00:52
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07/25/2025 - 00:00
Campaign group Slow Ways developing app for disabled people, parents with children, older people and others
Volunteers have mapped 10,000 walking routes across Great Britain in an attempt to make rural walking more accessible.
The group has been researching and mapping these walking routes since 2020, and has now made them available on a dedicated website.
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07/25/2025 - 00:00
Tests conducted at 500 UK sites show particle pollution exceeded health guidelines on 6% of school days
Keeping the classroom window closed is not the answer to reduce the amount of pollution coming into schools, a recent study has found.
A project called SAMHE (Schools’ Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) operated air pollution monitors in nearly 500 classrooms for an academic year and found that days with high outdoor pollution led to higher pollution inside the classrooms.
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07/24/2025 - 22:33
‘Lack of certainty’ and step back in green ambition has made it hard for previously feasible projects to proceed, mining company says
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The iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue company has cancelled two major green hydrogen projects, laying some of the blame on the Trump administration’s shift away from renewable energy.
Fortescue’s decision to cancel the two ventures in Queensland and Arizona are the latest in a run of canned hydrogen projects in Australia and elsewhere that will raise further questions about the future of the clean fuel.
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07/24/2025 - 17:30
Most comprehensive study of its kind highlights dangers of vehicle emissions and woodburning stoves
Exposure to certain forms of air pollution is linked to an increased risk of developing dementia, according to the most comprehensive study of its kind.
The illness is estimated to affect about 57 million people worldwide, with the number expected to increase to at least 150m cases by 2050.
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07/24/2025 - 11:49
Deaths in Cyprus bring overall toll on the eastern Mediterranean island and neighbouring Turkey to 12
Two people have been killed in a huge blaze in Cyprus, bringing the death toll from a series of wildfires on the eastern Mediterranean island and in neighbouring Turkey to 12 amid a brutal heatwave that has pushed temperatures to more than 44C (111F).
Police said two charred bodies were found on Thursday in a burnt-out car that had been caught up in the Cyprus blaze, which began outside Limassol on Wednesday and, fanned by strong winds, rapidly engulfed a string of mountain villages north of the city.
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