Biodiversity

A simple vist to feed the ducks hits the headlines and highlights the way in which humans both love nature and are also doing their best to destroy it

Vast and enduring, nature defies our
attempts to put it in a box

Hoover accepted human society for what it was: rich in resources but nevertheless imperfect, unpigly. And he discovered that a solitary pig is a sad thing, almost as useless as a bee without a hive.

Wander down the meat aisle of any supermarket and you will find mountains of chicken being sold at unbelievably cheap prices. The real reasons for this cannot be found on the label.

Are zoos an essential tool for preserving biodiversity in the 21st century or a Noah's-Ark-style anachronism riddled with woodworm and sinking fast?

I think that pigs everywhere are dropping semantic pearls before human swine who labour under the delusion that all pigs can do is go ‘oink’

Navy vs the Whales. They have the most mysterious and beautiful songs in the natural world. But now they are dying, drowned out by the deafening roar of Western navies’ new sonar devices.

The problem with vivisection, argues Derrick Jensen, is that we’re experimenting on the wrong sort of animals.

The problem with vivisection, argues Derrick Jensen, is that we’re experimenting on the wrong sort of animals.

The promise that cloning will be a boon to conservation is, says Malcolm Tait, a complete cop-out

If trends continue the world’s great apes are doomed to extinction. But one unique rehabilitation project in West Africa is challenging this bleak picture. Beatrice Newbery reports