Environment

The world's most expensive mushrooms could be wiped out by 2050 - as they cannot last without water for more than three weeks

Pathological consumption has become so normalised that we scarcely notice it.

As emissions increase, society faces a much larger threat from climate change than previously thought

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Thousands of people do not have access to basic toilet facilities in their workplace in the UK, according to a shocking report by Unite. The Union uncovered evidence of staff at branches of high-street banks being required to urinate in buckets, and construction sites failing to provide any female toilets for their staff. Bus drivers had been denied toilet breaks for up to five hours, and workers in call centres for big financial institutions were told to log in and...

It would give men between one and two years extra and women six months to a year in Copenhagen, a population of over 616,000 people similar in size to Bristol or Belfast

The vine Ancistrocladus likoko which only grows in the Congo destroys cancer cells - and stops them spreading

New research reveals how whales, dolphins and porpoises let out ultrasonic clicks in narrow beams to help them find food hiding in the murky depths

A study shows that while traffic pollution control measures - such as low emission zones - have improved air quality in London, they still need "significant strengthening" to protect children's health