ALAN SIMPSON offers a few pointers on dealing with the ongoing, Trump-led destruction of the norms of a rules-based international order established post-WWII
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Beware: spying Beluga whales about!
A Beluga whale has turned up in the Norwegian fishing fleet. PETER FROST reminds us of the history of fighting whales and a Thames visitor
An NMMP ( Navy Marine Mammal Program) sea lion attaches a recovery line to a piece of test equipment during training
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The Morning Star publishes an edited transcript of a speech by NICOLAS MADURO GUERRA, a Venezuelan MP and son of Venezuelan President Maduro. The speech was given at the recent Voices from Venezuela event marking two months since Trump’s attack on Venezuela and kidnapping of President Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores on January 3
From the hills of the England–Wales border, our new fortnightly nature columnist MARK SEDDON reflects on rebellion, faith and the small dramas of rural life — from medieval fugitives to the quiet rescue of a bucket of tadpoles
While public outrage has focused on the abuse committed within Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit, key questions remain unresolved, says JOHN GREEN
KEITH FLETT argues that we need to stand up to those in power every single time they transgress
Gloucestershire’s phlebotomists have brought their historic strike to a close after almost a year of action, leaving a legacy of determination – and a clear lesson about the power of solidarity in the face of anti-union laws and austerity, says FBU general secretary STEVE WRIGHT
The history of using whales in war is long and shocking. Like other evil weapons of war it was the Brits — that’s you and me I’m afraid — that invented it.
Like concentration camps, guided missiles and several hundred other dastardly ways to win a war.
We started in the first world war training zoo-bred sea lions. The navy took them to Lake Bala in Wales to try to train them to find German submarines. They were quick learners, these intelligent sea lions. So intelligent, in fact, that when they were released into the sea they located large schools of herring and mackerel which they ate all day.
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