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Extinction lottery: how should we choose which species to save?

28 April 2020

When we decide which species will survive the age of humans, we need to question conservation's fundamental beliefs, argues Rebecca Nesbitt.

Rare footage of a beaver gnawing through a tree in North Yorkshire

20 June 2019

Rare footage shows a Eurasian beaver in North Yorkshire gnawing through a tree trunk and felling the tree in just 15 minutes

Biodiversity in crisis: Earth’s giant construction projects mapped out

29 August 2018

The planet’s largest areas of undisturbed wilderness in Siberia and tropical rainforests are under threat from huge waves of development. Here’s what it looks like

Special report: The new megaprojects changing the face of our planet

29 August 2018

Across the world, new roads, railways, dams and power lines are encroaching on previously virgin territory – with untold consequences for Earth’s wildlife

Call off the grizzly bear trophy hunt, it's immoral and unscientific

22 August 2018

The first grizzly bear hunt in Wyoming for over 40 years ignores the questionable conservation status and emotional capacities of these iconic animals, says Marc Bekoff

Colombia’s peace deal unwittingly unleashed hell on the Amazon

8 May 2018

Ever since Colombia signed a historic peace deal with the FARC guerrillas, farmers and criminal gangs have been burning its portion of the Amazon rainforest

A deadly predator could save the UK’s threatened red squirrels

7 March 2018

Britain’s native red squirrels have been retreating for decades in the face of invasive grey squirrels, but predators called pine martens could help save them

Shark-free world? That's a wish that would come back to bite us

2 February 2018

Sharks may be hard to love for many people, including the US president, but these animals are essential to the health of our oceans, says Lesley Evans Ogden