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Restoring just nine groups of animals could help combat global warming

27 March 2023

Protecting or expanding the populations of nine key groups of animals, including wolves and whales, would remove huge amounts of carbon from the atmosphere
Lizards that lost their legs re-evolved them as the climate got wetter

Lizards that lost their legs re-evolved them as the climate got wetter

11 November 2020

The snake-like lizards of the Brachymeles genus began with four legs, lost them about 62 million years ago, and then 20 million years later regained them to deal with a wetter climate

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