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Inspired by the art of ikebana – a traditional style of Japanese flower arranging – Montreal-based artist Raku Inoue hand-crafts bugs using materials from his garden. He transforms his garden waste, including sticks, seeds and petals, to create his Natura Insects series. “I think about the main shape of the insect,” he says, “and try to find something to satisfy that. It’s very much like a puzzle.” As the year progresses, his creative options change. “I choose the materials according to what nature offers during that time. All four seasons offer many different materials to play with.” The series started as a morning routine over coffee to sharpen his thoughts for the day. “It was never meant to be a complex process, but rather an easygoing, morning mind-stretching exercise.”

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The new owner of the Monsanto group insists glyphosate use is safe despite a cancer payout.

One small public notice stating the intention to mine Ellison Reef was the seed from which the 'Save the Barrier Reef' campaign was spawned. To celebrate the Reef Diver project, we've brought this episode up form the depths of the Off Track archives.

A US jury finds the company knew its Roundup weedkillers were dangerous, but Monsanto vows to appeal.

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Emails obtained by New York Times show workers worried that companies could get away with using asbestos in ways the EPA did not list

The Environmental Protection Agency’s own staffers objected to a controversial new US rule governing the use of cancer-causing asbestos, according to internal emails.

Related: EPA ordered to ban pesticide linked to learning disabilities

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Trainee indigenous rangers head out on country; Morwell's Repair Cafe is open for business; rediscover the joy of receiving a hand-made card; and it's cake time at the Ekka.

The Carr fire, one of 13 large fires burning in California, was ignited in late July when a trailer tire blew out and created sparks as it ground on the asphalt. It killed seven people and destroyed 1,077 homes in the small city of Redding, in the far north of the state. New photos released by the city show the extent of the damage

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Entities participating in the WCI cap-and-trade programme will see their holding limits revised downward next month to account for Ontario leaving the linked carbon market.

European carbon prices reached their highest level since May 2011 on Friday, setting a fresh seven-year peak in thin trade amid curtailed auction supply.

Prices for California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits retreated this week as sell-side pressure reversed gains made in late July that helped notch several records.

What to we really know about the giant prehistoric shark reincarnated by Hollywood?

A Sumatran orangutan, fireflies mating and a sea lion cooling off in record-breaking Californian heat are among this week’s pick of images from the natural world

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The US space agency is all set to launch one of the boldest missions in its history.

After one wolf killed 26 sheep Dutch farmers worry about installing costly electric fencing.

Closing prices, ranges and volumes for China's regional pilot carbon markets this week.

It may be the last week of federal parliament's winter recess, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been an eventful one.

Only when flowering is Pilostyles visible externally, the flowers erupting from the stems of its host like a weird botanical Alien. Steve Wylie, Molecular virology, virus ecology and evolution, metagenomics, symbiosis, Murdoch University Jen Mccomb, Emeritus professor, Murdoch University Kevin Thiele, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, University of Western Australia Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

Researchers have found that the algae living in coral reefs may have evolved 160 million years ago.

A new luxury electric vehicle maker plans to follow footsteps of Tesla in the country that is proving to be the strongest electric car market in the worldwide - China.