A pesticide believed to kill bees has been authorised for use in England despite an EU-wide ban two years ago and an explicit government pledge…
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Jane Goodall: ‘Change is happening. There are many ways to start moving in the right way’
Jane Goodall is a primatologist who is regarded as one of the world’s leading authorities on chimpanzees. She has spent 60 years studying the chimps…
View More Jane Goodall: ‘Change is happening. There are many ways to start moving in the right way’Animals and plants reclaim Scotland’s abandoned spaces: photo essay
Since the idea of rewilding took hold, it has generally been seen as a rural pursuit involving withdrawal from farmland so that animals and vegetation…
View More Animals and plants reclaim Scotland’s abandoned spaces: photo essayHopes for most endangered turtle after discovery of female in Vietnam lake
The last known male giant Swinhoe’s softshell turtle is no longer alone on the planet after the discovery of a female of his species in…
View More Hopes for most endangered turtle after discovery of female in Vietnam lake‘A critical time’: how Covid-19 piled the pressure on conservation efforts
From the Nepalese Himalayas where tigers patrol the snowy peaks to the lush forest homes of mountain gorillas in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo,…
View More ‘A critical time’: how Covid-19 piled the pressure on conservation effortsGibraltar vets make daily patrols to check macaques for coronavirus
Officials in Gibraltar are making daily patrols of the territory’s Barbary macaque population amid fears that the iconic monkeys could be vulnerable to the coronavirus.…
View More Gibraltar vets make daily patrols to check macaques for coronavirusOysters return to Belfast Lough after more than 100 years
Native oysters have unexpectedly returned to the shores of Belfast Lough after more than 100 years, researchers have discovered – though scientists are still unsure…
View More Oysters return to Belfast Lough after more than 100 yearsDiscovery of ‘cryptic species’ shows Earth is even more biologically diverse
A growing number of “cryptic species” hiding in plain sight have been unmasked in the past year, driven in part by the rise of DNA…
View More Discovery of ‘cryptic species’ shows Earth is even more biologically diverse10 sperm whales die after stranding on Yorkshire coast
A pod of 10 sperm whales have died on the east Yorkshire coast in what is thought to be the biggest mass stranding of the…
View More 10 sperm whales die after stranding on Yorkshire coastWild ways: how readers have been helping wildlife in their gardens
Inspired by the story of the hedgehog highways in an English village and impressed by the contributions to our urban wildlife gallery, we asked Guardian…
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