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Otter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx River
By Oliver Milman

Image captured in early June shows animal foraging in the waterway in first since early 1900s, signaling its recovery

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/19/otter-bronx-river-new-york-city

#NewYork #Animals #Rivers #USnews #Environment #TheGuardian #OliverMilman

Scientists who turned to OnlyFans to fund marmot research receive crypto boost
By Oliver Milman

Funding boost worth $100,000 has recently materialized in form of new marmot-themed cryptocurrency

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/18/scientists-onlyfans-marmots-crypto

#USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #OliverMilman

‘Like an alien invasion’: the neon flying squid that can fly in formation above the ocean
By Oliver Milman

Smart, sociable squid use funnel-like organ to force water to jet propel themselves along in and out of sea

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/12/like-an-alien-invasion-the-neon-flying-squid-that-can-fly-in-formation-above-the-ocean

#Marinelife #Oceans #Wildlife #Environment #Invertebrates #Animalbehaviour #Zoology #Science #TheGuardian #OliverMilman

‘Living fossil’: the blue-blood arthropod that has changed little in 445m years
By Oliver Milman

Tenacious and confounding, the horseshoe crab pre-dates dinosaurs and has copper-based blood vital to vaccine safety

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/11/horseshoe-crab-invertebrate-of-the-year-2026

#Marinelife #Wildlife #Animals #Environment #TheGuardian #OliverMilman

July was hottest month ever recorded in US as heatwaves scorched country
By Oliver Milman

Scientists have made clear that the elevated heat in the US was being amplified by the human-caused climate crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/july-hottest-month-ever-recorded-heatwaves

#USweather #Extremeheat #USnews #Environment #Wildfires #Climatecrisis #TheGuardian #OliverMilman

SpaceX plan for vast rocket launch site on Louisiana coast sparks backlash
By Oliver Milman

Opponents fear Elon Musk firm’s plan to develop 18-mile strip of Pecan Island will badly damage fragile ecosystem

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/10/spacex-rocket-launch-site-louisiana-backlash

#Louisiana #SpaceX #USnews #Environment #Sealevel #TheGuardian #OliverMilman

Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds
By Oliver Milman

Current blazes roaring across country more than twice as likely to occur because of fossil fuel-driven global heating

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/06/canada-wildfires-climate-crisis

#Wildfires #Climatecrisis #Worldnews #Environment #Canada #TheGuardian #OliverMilman

Revealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the year
By Patrick Barkham, Petra Stock and Oliver Milman

At last! It’s time for our invertebrate of the year competition as voted for by you. Today, the common woodlouse – come back on Tuesday to find out who else made the top 10

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2026/aug/03/revealed-top-10-invertebrates-of-the-year

#Insects #Wildlife #Animals #Environment #TheGuardian #PatrickBarkham #PetraStock #OliverMilman

Huge great white spotted traveling up US and Canada as shark sightings surge
By Oliver Milman

Contender, largest tagged male great white, heading north as overheating oceans alter range of several shark species

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/31/great-white-shark-us-canada-coasts

#USnews #Sharks #Marinelife #Wildlife #Animals #Environment #Conservation #Climatecrisis #TheGuardian #OliverMilman

Past fires suggest effects of Europe and North America wildfires may linger for years
By Oliver Milman

Three years after Maui wildfires many still struggle with ‘biological, emotional and social consequences’, study says

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/28/wildfires-europe-north-america-effects

#Wildfires #France #Canada #Americas #Europe #TheGuardian #OliverMilman

Scorching US heat wave to hit 70 million people with third ‘heat dome’ in month
By Oliver Milman and agencies

Temperatures of 95-105F (35-40C) are expected, spanning Gulf of Mexico coast to the Great Plains and the midwest

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/scorching-us-heat-wave

#USweather #Extremeheat #Climatecrisis #USnews #Extremeweather #Environment #TheGuardian #OliverMilman #agencies

Former top US food safety official says Trump’s handling of cyclospora is ‘catastrophic’
By Oliver Milman

Frank Yiannas, formerly of the FDA, calls for an independent review of federal response to illness causing explosive diarrhea

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/former-trump-administration-food-safety-official-federal-response-cyclospora

#Trumpadministration #Infectiousdiseases #RobertFKennedyJr #Health #USpolitics #USnews #TheGuardian #OliverMilman

Scientists decry Trump’s ‘blame game’ after he claims Canada ‘poisoning’ US air
By Oliver Milman

Trump told Mark Carney ‘you got to stop these fires from coming in’ as experts say wildfires symptom of climate crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/24/trump-canada-wildfires-smoke-scientists

#DonaldTrump #Canadawildfires #Wildfires #Environment #USnews #Canada #Worldnews #TheGuardian #OliverMilman

"'Protein and healthy fats are essential and were wrongly discouraged in prior dietary guidelines', said Robert F Kennedy Jr ..."

#OliverMilman, 2026

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/rfk-jr-trump-meat-diet-guidelines-land

There are good reasons to think that's true. But even if it is, we don't need to eat more animal products to get more protein or essential fats into our diets. Decades of health research has shown us the many negative health effects of eating dead animals and animal secretions, especially highly processed ones.

@dyckron

First global water conference in 50 years yields hundreds of pledges, zero checks
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/24/united-nations-water-conference-new-york-pledges?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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