Environment

The town of Bow den, Alberta, reported the discovery of a dead rat, prompting provincial rat‑patrol officials to investigate. For more than 70 years the province has been officially rat‑free, a claim now under review.…

Newcastle University announced that Anant Ambani, an heir to an Indian oil and gas fortune who also operates a controversial mega‑zoo, has been appointed as a professor of practice in sustainability. Conservationists…