A UCSF scientist who cracked a cancer gene once called undruggable has won $1 million, after his work led to drugs now helping cancer patients.

A rare West African bird unseen since 2013 has been photographed in Ivory Coast, and the find means every “lost bird” in West Africa has been found.

Volunteers in England are swapping mowers for traditional scythes to protect one of Britain’s rarest bumblebees, and they are paid in bread and cheese.