Four more people have died after an elephant translocation overseen by two wildlife organisations, including one that was headed by Prince Harry, in a protected…
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Just two northern white rhinos remain. The species’ first IVF pregnancy could save them from extinction
The critically endangered northern white rhino could be saved from the brink of extinction after scientists performed the first successful embryo transfer in white rhinos.…
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Female chimpanzees in the wild undergo the menopause and live for a lengthy period afterwards, researchers have found, suggesting the phenomenon is more widespread than…
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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 enemyMaking tracks: how linking patches of wilderness is saving Borneo’s wildlife
In 2011, the German conservationist Robert Risch was hiking along the banks of a river at the northern limits of Tabin wildlife reserve, home to…
View More Making tracks: how linking patches of wilderness is saving Borneo’s wildlifeCovid-resistant bats could be key to fighting the next pandemic
Widely depicted as evil spirits or blood-sucking demons, bats have had a poor press over the years. No vampire film, from Dracula to Buffy, has…
View More Covid-resistant bats could be key to fighting the next pandemic‘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…
View More ‘You sometimes feel like Noah’: the London zoo team bidding to save doomed speciesElephant seals sleep for just two hours a day, deep dive research reveals
Seals dozing on the beach may appear to be enjoying the ultimate life of leisure. However, groundbreaking research has revealed that for most of their…
View More Elephant seals sleep for just two hours a day, deep dive research reveals‘We need a breakthrough deal on biodiversity’: can Montreal summit deliver for nature?
In 2010, politicians and scientists made a pledge to halt the devastating reductions in wildlife numbers that had been denuding the planet of its animals…
View More ‘We need a breakthrough deal on biodiversity’: can Montreal summit deliver for nature?Slippery, hungry, sometimes angry: Singapore struggles with ‘unparalleled’ otter boom
Singapore authorities have an unusual source of mayhem on their hands: an exploding otter population. Amid an upswing in interactions between the buoyant, hand-holding mammals…
View More Slippery, hungry, sometimes angry: Singapore struggles with ‘unparalleled’ otter boom