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From a ‘holy grail’ discovery to the return of a Dartmoor dweller, test your knowledge of this year’s biggest stories

Zoe Claymore says she wants to help promote and protect rare habitats by using lichens, ferns and foxgloves

From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024.

Langstone, Hampshire: Our smallest goose species doesn’t quite have the military precision of others, but there is still cohesion to their loose formations

Analysis shows fossil fuels are supercharging heatwaves, leaving millions prone to deadly temperatures

Grant will go towards repackaging food that would go to waste and delivering it to shelters, food banks and charities

Charity says unstable weather patterns caused by the climate crisis had a ‘devastating impact’ in 2024

Learning a pet has diabetes can be a shock. Sadly, about 20% of diabetic cats and dogs are euthanised within a year of diagnosis due to the impacts on the pets’ health and their owners’ lifestyle and finances.

In the early days of the modern Olympics and Paralympics, athletes competed using heavy, non-aerodynamic equipment. The record for throwing a javelin, for instance, has almost doubled since 1908, when the sport was introduced. Athletes have got better – but so has their equipment.

Number hits record level but rate of growth slows as installers face delays to government funding

Belief in a supposed US government plot linked to aircraft condensation trails has been boosted by confusion over proposals to geoengineer a response to the climate crisis