Biodiversity

Nature 2030 releases new report including a roadmap for local councils to boost Britain’s biodiversity through road verge management.

Concerns for ocean biodiversity grow as wildlife found in deep-sea mining area.

A full right to roam can ensure access to nature while allowing flora and fauna to flourish.

Scientists search for dogs who can understand 20 objects by name.

As awareness of animal sentience grows the moral and practical case for limiting public access to wild habitats needs to be made.

Wanted: wild swimmers, surfers and paddlers to help identify pollution risks in rivers and sea.

We have only mapped a small portion of the ocean, which means we still know little about this ecosystem.

Wildlife loss is a global crisis - the next UK Government must step up.

Planting indigenous plants rapidly increases biodiversity in cities, a new study shows.

'Illegal loggers, miners, poachers and landgrabbers arrive once roads are bulldozed into rainforests.'

Algeria's colonial history has resulted in birds like the Algerian Nuthatch remaining largely unnoticed by Western ecologists for a significant period.

Shock and disappointment at rise in rhino poaching in South Africa.

Frans de Waal revealed to humans the intelligence and feelings of our fellow primates, and animals in general.

The term 'ecosystem services' is used increasingly in conservation. But does it actually serve its intended purpose?

Lucas Ferrante uncovered the impacts of the proposed BR-319 highway in the Amazon rainforest: it could trigger biome collapse and biodiversity crisis.

'The preservation of the Amazon isn't just about protecting nature - it's about safeguarding our own health.'

Bitter taste: Jeremy Clarkson's beer sales support fox hunt snared in criminal prosecutions.

The latest State of Nature report warns that nearly one in six of Britain's 10,000 species under review could be lost.

A new story of reforestation that will see our descendants living in harmony with and not apart from nature.

Songs such as ‘The Ash Grove’ allow us to celebrate this common tree species now - and to commemorate it later.

Rampant fires have engulfed the Pantanal in Brazil, devastating endangered species and indigenous communities.

To solve the conflict between humans and macaques we should ‘not manage the wildlife but manage the people’.

Long-tailed macaques are the most heavily exploited mammals on Earth among species protected in global trade.

Endangered whales and dolphins live year-round in an area of the Mediterranean earmarked for oil and gas exploration.