Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years
12 June 2018
Britain only has 58 wild mammal species to start with, and many have declined sharply in number since 1995 – with hedgehogs suffering a particularly severe fall
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Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct
21 May 2018
Researchers spent four years looking for Chinese giant salamanders and only found 24 – and that’s not even the worst bit of news
Much of nature is near collapse and that means society is too
23 March 2018
An assessment of Earth’s biodiversity predicts catastrophic losses within decades, with severe knock-on effects for human civilisation like shortages of food
Chimps are now dying of the common cold and they are all at risk
25 January 2018
The deaths of five Ugandan chimpanzees have been traced to a human cold virus, and DNA tests suggest all African chimps are vulnerable
Africa’s giraffes are being slaughtered by Joseph Kony's army
8 December 2017
Elephants, giraffes, giant elands and chimpanzees are being decimated by poachers linked to violent militias in a lawless region of central Africa
Japan’s refusal to stop ivory trade undermines bans elsewhere
6 December 2017
Even though other countries are clamping down on illegal ivory, the unconstrained trade in Japan may offer loopholes for criminals to keep selling ivory – fuelling elephant poaching
Secret lifestyle of the dodo revealed for the first time
24 August 2017
A study of dodo bones has revealed how the legendary birds matured, bred and moulted, and explains discrepancies in sailors’ descriptions of them
