Endangered species, habitat loss, conservation efforts, and the biodiversity crisis.
Four years ago countries made a historic deal to save nature. Is it dead in the water?
Four years after countries adopted a nature conservation plan, not a single target has been met, according to reporting ahead of Cop17, the UN's natur…
We discovered an organism that lives at blistering temperatures – but what allows it to take the heat?
Researchers identified a new single-celled eukaryote, Incendiamoeba cascadensis, that can reproduce at 145 degrees Fahrenheit (63 degrees Celsius). Th…
Lights out: the island that goes dark to save young seabirds – in pictures
Corvo Island, Portugal's smallest and northernmost Azores territory, executes an annual darkness experiment to save endangered seabirds. For five cons…
Mexico Slashes Protections for Vaquita Porpoises
Mexico's government has reduced protections for the vaquita, the world's rarest marine mammal. The small porpoise, distinguished by black-ringed eyes …
Great white shark leaps from water and photobombs California beachgoers
A great white shark leaped several feet from the water off Marina State Beach in California over the weekend, appearing in the background of photos ta…
Colorado wildlife overpass cut vehicle-animal collisions by 91%, report finds
A wildlife overpass in Colorado has reduced vehicle-animal collisions by 91% in its first 10 months of operation, according to a newly released report…
COP17: Tracking progress towards the UN’s 2030 nature targets
Countries gather in Armenia this month for the first comprehensive global review of progress toward key nature targets set for 2030. The meeting, know…
Interactive: Tracking negotiating texts at the COP17 biodiversity summit
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Honeybee's stinger continues to pump venom once detached from body, new footage shows – video
Honeybee stingers continue pumping venom after detaching from the insect's body, according to high-speed video footage captured by researchers at Macq…
Wildlife Populations Have Plunged Globally, But Some Buck the Trend
Global vertebrate populations have declined by an average of 73 percent over the past 50 years, according to the "Living Planet" report released Wedne…
Bendy elm still standing against all odds crowned UK tree of the year
A 150-year-old wych elm in Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland has won the UK's tree of the year award. The tree, known as the Bendy Tree, develo…
World’s largest penguin colony suffers ‘enormous population crash’
The world's largest penguin colony has crashed dramatically since 2011. Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica, the northernmost of the…
The week in wildlife: a rescued orangutan, the chonkiest bear and a barn owl’s triumph
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‘The toll is huge’: El Niño-driven wildfires overwhelm Indonesia’s orangutan population
El Niño-driven wildfires across Indonesia are devastating orangutan populations in the apes' primary habitat. Rescuers recovered a mother orangutan na…
‘Thrilled’: huge swarms of bogong moths surprise NSW residents and may point to species’ recovery
# Bogong Moth Swarms Signal Possible Recovery in NSW Hundreds of bogong moths have swarmed across New South Wales coastal communities in recent days,…
Do whales grieve? Rare footage of humpback alongside stillborn calf suggests they might | Olaf Meynecke for the Conversation
Scientists filming off Australia's Gold Coast last July captured rare underwater footage of a humpback whale mother remaining beside her stillborn cal…
The Trump Administration’s Critical Minerals Agenda Comes for America’s ‘Forgotten Wildlife Corridor’
# Trump Administration Pushes for Mining in Critical Wildlife Habitat The Trump administration is advancing mining operations in the McDermitt Calder…
I saw pedestrians swear at plovers when they swooped. But I admired the birds
# Community Learns to Live With Aggressive Plovers Protecting Their Young Spur-winged plovers have earned a reputation as community menaces. Pedestri…
A Battle Brews Over Maine’s Salmon Farms
# A Battle Brews Over Maine's Salmon Farms Glenda Beal comes from seven generations of Maine lobstermen. Her family works the cold Atlantic waters of…