Vast expanses of rolling hilltops may be easy on the eye. But look a bit closer and many are in fact bleak landscapes – overgrazed…
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‘I got to know the wolf’: how Spain’s shepherds are learning to live with their old enemy
In the pre-dawn darkness of Sierra de la Culebra, Zamora, Spain, a sudden howl pierces the cold. More join in, until the baying chorus echoes…
View More ‘I got to know the wolf’: how Spain’s shepherds are learning to live with their old enemyDominica’s mountain chicken frog disappears in ‘fastest extinction ever recorded’
They were once so numerous they were cooked as the national dish of Dominica. Every year, thousands of mountain chicken frogs, roasted with garlic and…
View More Dominica’s mountain chicken frog disappears in ‘fastest extinction ever recorded’Orangutan killings in Borneo likely still occurring in large numbers
Orangutans on the island of Borneo continue to be illegally killed, likely in large numbers, even when there are nearby projects to save the critically…
View More Orangutan killings in Borneo likely still occurring in large numbers‘Uncharted territory’: more than 2m fungi species yet to be discovered, scientists say
More than 2m fungi species are waiting to be identified around the world in what scientists have called “a new frontier of discovery” for life…
View More ‘Uncharted territory’: more than 2m fungi species yet to be discovered, scientists sayBeavers are back – but scientists fear Defra’s silence on protection deal
They were some of the country’s most resilient residents, creatures that shaped and nurtured our environment for millennia. Few animals could beat the beaver as…
View More Beavers are back – but scientists fear Defra’s silence on protection dealFifth of known species on Earth found in Unesco world heritage sites – survey
A fifth of known life on Earth can be found in Unesco world heritage sites, according to the first survey of the planet’s most important…
View More Fifth of known species on Earth found in Unesco world heritage sites – surveyDancing Capercaillie bird makes a tentative comeback in Scotland
It is a discotheque for Britain’s biggest type of grouse. Before dawn, male capercaillie will begin their courtship rituals, their black tail feathers erect and…
View More Dancing Capercaillie bird makes a tentative comeback in ScotlandImports of ivory from hippos, orcas and walruses to be banned in UK
Ivory imports from hippopotamuses, orcas and walruses will be banned under new legislation to protect the endangered species from poaching. The Ivory Act, passed in…
View More Imports of ivory from hippos, orcas and walruses to be banned in UK‘You sometimes feel like Noah’: the London zoo team bidding to save doomed species
News that a Socorro dove in London Zoo had produced a hatchling two weeks ago provoked joyous celebrations among conservationists. Zenaida graysoni is extinct in…
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