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Moth

Environment

Insect biomass in Britain falling but may still be double 1960s level

The longest running study of insect biomass in the world suggests it is twice as large in Great Britain as it was in the 1960s, but has been declining since the 1980s

News

forest cartoon

Environment

How international conservation groups are betraying indigenous peoples

Comment

Inflatible green Aliens standing in line

Life

Alien life could be weirder than our Earthling brains can ever imagine

Features

Meadow pipits, here near a lighthouse in the Channel Islands, are in decline

Environment

Young people can't remember how much more wildlife there used to be

News

Ice sheets

Environment

Could climate tipping points lead to collapse of human civilisation?

Analysis

A badger

Environment

The grand plan to sequence the genomes of 66,000 UK and Irish species

News

animals and plant life cartoon

Life

Who owns life? The world is about to decide, with huge ramifications

Comment

aquarium fish from genus Goodea

Life

Home aquarium hobbyists are helping save 30 rare fish from extinction

News

Poly Tunnels - growing crops under plastic, Leeds Northern England

Environment

Thousands of UK wildlife and plant species are in decline

News

Pigs

Environment

Our diets must change to halt nature loss, says UN biodiversity chief

Next year is crunch time if we are to stop destroying nature - and it isn't just governments that need to act, says UN biodiversity chief Cristiana Pașca Palmer

News

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'What have insects ever done for us,' asks George McGavin

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Environment

Why are countries failing on their promise to stop deforestation?

Analysis

Earth

Planet Earth has 9 safety limits and we’ve already exceeded 4 of them

Features

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Alexander von Humboldt