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Cheffois quarry

Life

Forget pristine habitats - for biodiversity save abandoned quarries

The best way to save Earth’s threatened wildlife could be to protect its most unglamorous and geologically diverse landscapes, from scrubland to exhausted mines

Features

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Life

Marine life is still struggling after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

News

wasps

Life

Save the planet by reimagining your back garden as an exotic jungle

Culture

Cleared forest (orange) and cattle ranches (light green) around the Juruena River in Brazil

Environment

Deforestation in Brazil has rocketed since Bolsonaro became president

News

Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

Comment

Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

Comment

swallowtail butterfly

Environment

Butterfly numbers fell by one-third in the US over past two decades

News

wetlands

Environment

Wetland conservation is a key part of saving Earth’s ecosystems

Culture

Claire Burke

Technology

Claire Burke on using thermal drone tech to protect orangutans

Regulars

beaver

Life

Beavers, nature’s master engineers, may run wild in Wales again

Regulars

Elephant

Environment

The average animal will be 10 per cent smaller in the next century

Destroying habitats, poaching wildlife and changing the climate will cause mammals and birds to experience “substantial ecological downsizing” over the next 100 years.

News

Environment

No, koalas are not 'functionally extinct', but they are in trouble

News

Environment

Humans have interfered with most of the world's greatest rivers

News

Life

The forgotten riches of the most densely biodiverse country on Earth

Features

Life

A third of wild bee and hoverfly species are in decline in Britain

News