Discoveries
Introducing the güiña: a tiny, adorable wild cat that chirps like a bird
The smallest cat in the Americas sounds like a chirping bird.
9 days agoCollection of wildlife articles related to nature conservation such as poaching, human impact and the some conservation success stories from around the world.
Endangered
Endangered Species Day: 5 threatened species you probably haven’t heard of
Step aside, tigers, we're focusing on pupfish and mouse-deer this year.
15 days ago
Human Impact
Climate change could cause abrupt biodiversity losses this century
Abrupt losses of biodiversity from climate change represent a significant threat to human well-being.
one month ago
Human Impact
Earth Day: Is wildlife winning as humans stay behind closed doors?
This Earth Day we're exploring some of the ways in which the natural world is winning (and losing) in the face of an unprecedented pandemic.
one month ago
Backyard wildlife
Step aside, pizza rat. This dog-ignoring, carb-loving groundhog just munched its way to viral fame
There's a little bit of Pizza Groundhog in all of us.
one month ago
Human Impact
Watch: Rhino patrolling a street in Nepal helps enforce national lockdown
Here's a unique approach to get people to stay at home ...
one month ago
Human Impact
From rooftop to rehab: The amazing tale of ‘Roofus’, a stranded turtle who was given a second chance
A rooftop is hardly natural habitat for a sea turtle.
one month ago
Conservation
Farming Insects to Save Lemurs
A reimagined approach to an age-old practice is helping to fight malnutrition in Madagascar – and may have the added benefit of protecting the island...
one month ago
Endangered
Good news for Mexican grey wolves as numbers increase by 24 percent
"The count shows we have more wolves, more breeding pairs and more pups born in the wild than ever before."
2 months ago
Human Impact
Scientists are still searching for the source of COVID-19: why it matters
Several questions about the origin of the outbreak remain with no clear data on what this was or if it was an animal source.
2 months ago
Conservation
Standing Guard: Saviours of the hooded grebe
The population of this critically endangered bird has stabilised thanks to the conservationists who look after them, but what happens if the...
2 months ago
Oceans
To save these threatened seahorses, we built them 5-star underwater hotels
If you build it, they will come.
3 months ago
Endangered
RIP Tim the tusker: Kenya says farewell to one of Africa's most iconic elephants
RIP Tim
3 months ago
Conservation
How we recruited albatrosses to patrol the high seas for illegal fishers
Scientists were struggling to keep track of illegal fishing in international waters and the seabirds it threatened. Then they had an idea.
4 months ago
Natural World
Bushfires: can ecosystems recover from such dramatic losses of biodiversity?
The ecological costs of huge, repetitive, high-severity wildfires on ecosystems could be colossal.
4 months ago
