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South Island Kokako, Callaeas cinerea, collected no data, New Zealand.

Lost presumed dead: The search for the most wanted birds in the world

15 May 2023

The Search for Lost Birds project has already tracked down two species on its top 10 list. But is this focus on a handful of potentially extinct birds really good for conservation?


Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka. Photo by UNEP_Kibuuka Mukisa

Uganda’s first wildlife vet on her revolutionary gorilla conservation

22 March 2023

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka explains how her unconventional way of combining public health and conservation is helping to bring mountain gorillas back from the brink after years of population decline


A moose

What a meandering moose says about US wildlife protection efforts

7 February 2023

To prevent extinctions and protect habitats, the US has started building wildlife corridors around major roads and cities. A moose spotting is the latest sign that these efforts seem to be paying off


H60RX2 Deck and Turret of U.S.S. Monitor seen from Bow, James River, Virginia, by James F. Gibson, July 1862

How a US civil war shipwreck became a template for marine conservation

14 December 2022

The USS Monitor, an iconic piece of military history, sank 160 years ago. Now a marine sanctuary, the wreck has become an unlikely testbed for ocean conservation


The search for Britain’s lost rainforests and the battle to save them

The search for Britain’s lost rainforests and the battle to save them

28 November 2022

Fragments of temperate rainforest grow in parts of England, Wales and Scotland, and with the right action we could help them thrive


Virunga Volcanoes National Park at dawn. Rwanda, Africa

Saving Virunga's endangered gorillas with green power and chocolate

8 June 2022

Poaching, illegal farming and rebel groups make Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo one of the most dangerous places to practice conservation, but inventive schemes are helping rangers empower people and conserve wildlife


How the massive dogs bred to protect livestock could save wolves too

How the massive dogs bred to protect livestock could save wolves too

18 May 2022

Livestock guardian dogs traditionally used to protect herd animals from predators are now also being hailed as a way to conserve the animals they are trained to scare off


Photo taken in Loppi, Finland

Peatlands in peril: The race to save the bogs that slow climate change

29 December 2021

The world's peatlands hold twice as much carbon as all its forests, but exploitation has destroyed a fifth of them. Now scientists are using pioneering moss transplants and flooding to restore their natural function


The San Rafael waterfall, the biggest falls in Ecuador, located on the boundary of the Amazon with The Andes. San Rafael, Napo, Ecuador. February 2016

The Amazon is turning into savannah – we have 5 years to save it

8 December 2021

We have been hearing warnings about the destruction of the Amazon rainforest for decades, but experts say a catastrophic tipping point is now just over the horizon. Are they right? And if so, what can we do to pull things back?


Ten conservation success stories when species came back from the brink

Ten conservation success stories when species came back from the brink

17 February 2021

The blue whale, the mountain gorilla and the European bison are among the animals that have avoided extinction, showing what works to preserve the world’s wildlife


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