Farming has always been about working with the land. Now, it’s also becoming a powerful tool for climate action.

Ireland is stepping into a leadership role by helping shape and roll out the European Union’s carbon farming framework—a system designed to reward farmers for storing carbon in soils, hedgerows, and landscapes. It’s a shift that could change how food is grown across Europe—and beyond.

Honeybees are small, but their role in our world is enormous. They pollinate crops, support wild plants, and help keep food systems alive. Yet in many places, bees are struggling—hit by habitat loss, pesticides, disease, and climate stress.

Now, scientists have developed something unexpectedly simple and promising: a new “superfood” designed to help honeybees survive and thrive.

And it’s giving conservationists a real reason for hope.

Sometimes the world gives us a reminder that recovery is possible — and the story of the green sea turtle is one of those rare, energising moments. After decades spent on the edge of extinction, this ancient ocean traveller is making a remarkable comeback thanks to people, communities, and countries choosing to protect what matters.

For thousands of years, flax has been part of human life. Ancient Egyptians used it to make linen for clothing and burial shrouds. Early farmers grew it for its strong fibers and nutritious seeds. Then, as synthetic fabrics took over, flax faded into the background.

Now, it’s making a quiet—but powerful—comeback.

On a tiny, low-lying island at the tip of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a small brown rodent once scurried among the vegetation. Known as the Bramble Cay melomys, it lived nowhere else on Earth. Today, it is gone. Declared extinct in 2019, the Bramble Cay melomys...

They may look delicate, but wildflowers are ecological powerhouses. Found in meadows, roadsides, backyards, and city parks, these bright blooms are more than just pretty—they’re lifelines for biodiversity and vital to healthy ecosystems.