The tiny world of Australian fairywrens – in pictures

Lesson for teenagers included how cattle’s methane emissions contribute to climate crisis, but it was then scrapped A beef industry-funded effort to teach teenagers about cattle’s climate impact was quietly scrapped following backlash from some ranchers, who disputed the premise that cows contribute to global heating. The episode is the latest example of the livestock industry’s decades-long battle to determine what US children learn about cows and the climate. Continue reading...

The Wallabies start their spring overseas tour with an eagerly anticipated match up against England at Twickenham in west London. Follow live.

DC Fairhurst and Lucy Green’s film could have been a by-the-numbers genre piece. Instead it is fun, frothy and refreshingly different Audiences have been conditioned to expect movies that are either in full colour or, more occasionally now, black and white – and ne’er the twain shall meet. Or, at least, very rarely: the sassy, small-budget crime flick Pickpockets joins a small consortium of films – including Rumble Fish, Pleasantville and Schindler’s List – that zhoosh things up by mixing both.

Legal challenge against ballot initiative that bans transgender girls’ participation in girls’ school sports is poised to set off a battle over rights A coalition of advocacy groups are preparing to mount a legal challenge against a Washington state ballot initiative that bans transgender girls’ participation in girls’ school sports, which voters approved in last week’s midterm election and will go into effect next month. The challenge is poised to set off a protracted legal battle over the righ