biodiversity

The gorilla photoshoot and where human exceptionalism takes us.

UN sets out how it might be possible to 'bend the curve' and prevent the collapse of biodiversity.

Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 report shows world leaders fail to meet goals agreed a decade ago.

The Karen Indigenous People in Myanmar founded the Salween Peace Park to protect their mega-diverse territory and their culture from extractivism and conflict.

The UK government will set long-term targets for air quality, resource efficiency and waste reduction, biodiversity, and water.

Plastic pollution is seen as a growing threat to wildlife as birds, such as fulmars, can mistake it for food.

Plantlife Scotland hope people's love of the Cairngorms can be harnessed to enlist volunteers. 

While the arrival of humans has been proposed as a potential cause of extinction, evidence on this is limited.

But knowing more about the differences could lead to better eye treatments for humans.

The globally endangered large blue butterfly was introduced to Rodborough Common in Gloucestershire last year.

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

First Red List for British Mammals - which meets international criteria used to assess threats to wildlife such as elephants and tigers - shows that 11 of our 47 native mammals are at risk of extinction.

Gorillas develop the most complex relationships in teams of 12 to 20 - rather than larger groups.

It's time to imagine a more resilient future for the Lake District and all its communities, a future in which wild nature and thriving biodiversity is central.

The basking shark was stranded alive on Filey beach on Thursday evening.

The diets of ancient foxes were influenced by humans.

'Aggressive' cuts to greenhouse gas emissions are now needed to save the animals

The species has gone from a small number of breeding pairs in Wales to thousands of birds across the UK.

Butterfly Conservation observes fine spring weather saw butterflies emerge at the earliest average time for 20 years.

Agroecological science must be at the centre of the Agriculture Bill.

The peregrine falcon UK population declined up to 1970s due to human persecution and the use of toxic pesticides.

A 'B-lines' network mapping out corridors of existing and potential wildflower habitat across the UK has been launched by Buglife.

The bearded vulture was captured on film by photographers on Howden Moors, near Sheffield, on Sunday morning. 

Madame Berthe's mouse lemur, the smallest primate in the world, is now critically endangered.