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What went right this week: a giant returns, plus more

Gavin Haines — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 05:31:05 +0000

A lost giant returned to Galapagos, Wales passed a ‘life-changing’ bill, and a Chinese river came back from the brink, plus more

Robin Eveleigh — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:23:21 +0000

Telecom infrastructure at the ocean floor is being harnessed as a powerful conservation tool for vulnerable marine mammals

Angela Garwood — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:12:49 +0000

Limited state funding for rebuilding schools in Syria has seen parents taking things into their own hands

Gavin Haines — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:00:56 +0000

Scientists treated the ‘untreatable’, economies decoupled from emissions, and a ‘lost’ bird is returning to London, plus more

Robin Eveleigh — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:06:21 +0000

From southeast England to California, decommissioned oil refineries are being reclaimed by nature

Fern McErlane — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:26:48 +0000

A former Dyson engineer is rolling out a revolution for household chores in deprived communities after inventing an off-grid washing machine

Lucy Purdy — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 07:00:08 +0000

Photographer Sophal Neak captures Chan Kimcheng swimming in a threatened lake she was instrumental in saving

Tom Pattinson — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 10:05:42 +0000

The herbivore’s return to Yellowstone is restoring ancient patterns and reshaping the landscape from the ground up

Hannah Partos — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 07:00:55 +0000

Sara Wahedi was just four when she was forced to flee Afghanistan. She now works to hold regimes accountable via technology

Robin Eveleigh — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:00:22 +0000

Born in Japan, spogomi is now going global. As competitors like to say: ‘the real winner is the environment’