Conservation

Small trees that grow up in drought conditions could form the basis of more drought-resistant rainforests, new research suggests.

Lack of access to clean water has during the coronavirus crisis been highlighted in developed countries like the United States in ways not previously noticed.

How can anyone be proud of killing such magnificent creatures, asks leading primatologist Jane Goodall.

Conservationists welcome 'groundbreaking decision' by government to allow the beavers to remain on the River Otter.

The nature in our skies is valuable - for its own sake, for our mental health and for the planet. But it is in a precarious state.

Save the Oaks campaign has united communities with coppicing experts and woodland ecologists to rescue tens of thousands of oak saplings from destruction.

Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin will host online Hen Harrier Day on 8 August.

Donald Murray explores the good – and the dark – side to peat-digging.

87 Beavers have been shot under license in Scotland. What has gone wrong?

Ecuador's protected forests to define Rights of Nature and test jurisprudence in country’s Constitutional Court.

Wildlife campaigners launch legal case to challenge badger cull.

The courts have given the private corporation behind HS2 three weeks more to desecrate our ecological heritage.

Coconut oil production may be more damaging to the environment than palm oil, researchers say.

Activists have taken to the trees to halt HS2 construction that threatens to fell tracts of north-London nature reserve.

🌳 An extract from Hendrikus van Hensbergen's forthcoming book for young people: How You Can Save the Planet.