United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns Monday that human expansion is wiping out species at around 1,000 times the “natural” rate as the UN launches the International Year of Biodiversity in Berlin. Read More »
The water vole – a much-loved British water mammal and the inspiration for Kenneth Grahame’s gentlemanly Ratty in “The Wind in the Willows” – may be staging a remarkable recovery, easing conservationists’ fears about the creatures’ future. Read More »
It’s not just werewolves who are driven wild by the luminescent glow of a full moon. Researchers have discovered that the lunar phenomenon also brings out the beast in amphibians with frogs, toads and newts all over the world apparently sharing a common predilection for mating by moonlight. Read More »
Pollution in the Mekong River has pushed a local population of Irrawaddy dolphins to the brink of extinction, the World Wildlife Fund warns in a new report. Read More »
An astonishing discovery of thousands of Irrawaddy river dolphins in the waterlogged jungles of Bangladesh has raised hopes for the future of the vulnerable species. Read More »
Wild American turtles are being harvested from ponds and streams to feed an insatiable appetite for fresh turtle meat in Asia, conservationists have warned. Read More »
An unusual “walking fish” found washed up in the Thames estuary thousands of miles from home has left wildlife experts baffled and sparked fears of an invasion of British waterways. Read More »