WILDLIFE
Bird Man – Celebrating the ornithologist that was forgotten to history
Jun 08, 2018
Written by
Tim Birkhead
Celebrated author Professor Tim Birkhead provides a fascinating insight into a man overshadowed in his lifetime, but who pioneered everything we know today about the study of birds
Into the lions' den
May 19, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
Changing temperatures in East Africa are set to upset a delicate balance between wild lions and cattle herders
Bat signals
May 09, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
Scientists working with new drone technology are hoping to reveal the hidden secrets behind the bat’s uncanny navigation skills
Protecting Penguins - Whitley Gold Award winner honoured
Apr 27, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
The winner of the 2018 Whitley Gold Award is Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, founder of the Global Penguin Society
The black hole of wildlife crime
Apr 18, 2018
Written by
Katie Burton
NGOs shine a light on the underreporting of wildlife crime and call for the keeping of better records of offences across England and Wales
Playing laser tag with dolphins
Apr 17, 2018
Written by
Helen Taylor
Pioneering laser photography is being used by scientists on the west coast of Scotland to assess the health of the area’s marine life
Hunting the hunters
Mar 28, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
The RSPB introduces a new hotline for reporting the unlawful killing of birds of prey
Northern white rhinos one step closer to extinction
Mar 22, 2018
Written by
Laure Boissat
With the death earlier this week of the world’s last male northern white rhino, the sub-species has been brought worryingly close to extinction. The demise of 45-year-old ‘Sudan’ in Kenya also has significant consequences for conservation of the species as…
Heat rising for world’s wildlife
Mar 16, 2018
Written by
Helen Taylor
Half of animal species in world’s most biodiverse areas could face extinction as global temperatures soar
E-rat-icating the Shiant Isles
Mar 14, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
Four-year project to reestablish safe breeding grounds for seabirds on remote Scottish islands declared a success
The unusual soil-spects
Mar 10, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
First global atlas of soil bacteria reveals a small minority of species have dominated world soils
Culled war: Africa's complicated conflict relationship
Mar 03, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
War and conservation have a complicated relationship, with two studies undertaken in Africa showing significantly different responses to conflict and the impact on natural environments
Weed killers: endangered owls in California
Mar 01, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
Threatened Californian owls are suffering from digesting rat poison administered to the state’s thousands of marijuana farms
Narwhals: the strange escape
Feb 17, 2018
Written by
Laura Cole
Narwhals show a complex response to interaction with humans and it may be putting them at risk
A grand Antarctic sanctuary
Jan 25, 2018
Written by
James Field
A global campaign is underway to turn a huge area of the seas around Antarctica into the world’s largest wildlife sanctuary
Solving the suspicious saiga silencing
Jan 17, 2018
Written by
Chris Fitch
Warm and humid conditions are found to be the trigger for a mysterious die-off of saiga antelopes
Seabirds in danger in updated Red List
Jan 17, 2018
Written by
James Field
Overfishing and climate change are edging seabirds such as the Black-legged Kittiwake and Cape Gannet ever closer to extinction
Sofa conservation
Jan 15, 2018
Written by
James Field
How many elephants can you see? How many orang-utans are in that tree? New conservation projects are hoping the answers to these questions can help protect endangered species around the world
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