23 April 2023
How many distinct species of Galapagos giant tortoises are there? The latest genetic study says at least five, disputing previous work, and the answer could have implications for their conservation
15 June 2022
I thought my Mediterranean-style diet was helping the planet, but while it has reduced my carbon footprint, it is harming Earth's biodiversity, finds Graham Lawton
24 November 2020
The meat of several protected species, including the red-tailed and De Brazza’s monkeys, is being illegally sold in Belgium
21 May 2020
Poaching is up, zoos are running out of money and conservation funding has been slashed. But there’s hope the pandemic could make biodiversity a higher priority
11 December 2019
Discrimination towards indigenous communities is rife among conservation groups – and sometimes enforced at the barrel of a gun, says Curtis Abraham
4 September 2019
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
25 July 2018
Earth’s biodiversity isn’t just beautiful, it ensures human survival. But to protect nature’s bounty we first need to know exactly how we’re harming it
6 July 2018
We must wake up to the ecological apocalypse caused by intensive agriculture that is unfolding under our very noses, says Chris Packham
11 June 2018
In the past decade most of the oldest baobabs, many of them sprouted over two millennia ago, have died unexpectedly and few new ones are sprouting
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
