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Both species of African elephants are now officially endangered

25 March 2021

Poachers have brought Africa’s two elephant species to the brink of extinction, with the continent’s two species today classified as endangered by the IUCN Red List

Photographer documents the fight to save pangolins from extinction

3 June 2020

Pangolins are the most illegally trafficked mammal. This image from a new photographic series features the efforts by conservationists to halt their decline before the creatures go extinct

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.

We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction

18 July 2019

More than 28,000 species are threatened with extinction due to humans over-exploiting wildlife, according to the IUCN red list

Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans

14 June 2018

Dozens of species all around the world are abandoning the day and becoming more active at night, to avoid contact with humans

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

Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off

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

Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

6 June 2018

Palm oil consumption in the EU jumped by 7 per cent in 2017 because it is increasingly used as a biofuel – driving the destruction of orangutans’ habitat