Over the past few centuries, human activity including deforestation and urbanisation as well as climate change have forced hundreds of...

Mass extinction refers to the loss of about three quarters of all species on the planet over a short period of time. There’s a scientific...

At COP26, 127 countries signed the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, which aims to end net forest loss by 2030. Those...

It is estimated that for every 20 minutes, an animal or plant species becomes extinct, and in the past 50 years, the rate of animal...

The marine reserve around the Galapagos Islands will be expanded to provide greater protection against illegal fishing and climate change...

Our global food system faces an existential threat: as temperatures rise and weather becomes more unpredictable, many of the crops we are...

More than 100 world leaders have committed to reverse and end deforestation by 2030 in COP26 climate summit’s first major deal. — More...

Marine heatwaves have been predicted to cause a huge loss to jobs, marine life and fish stocks, by a new University of British Columbia...

Thanks to extensive conservation efforts in countries such as Russia and China, population of the previously critically endangered...

A new report by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) documents a loss of approximately 14% of corals globally since 2009. The...

A study in Mozambique found ivory trade and selective poaching of elephants with tusks has led to growing numbers of tuskless female...

Hong Kong has missed 14 out of the 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets that are intended to curb biodiversity loss and the destruction of...

Deforestation in Costa Rica led to nearly half of its forest cover by 1987. But thanks to a government-led initiative that pays local...

Assisted migration, also known as managed relocation, involves removing individual plants or animals from an area which has, or will...

To fully restore European wildlife and habitats, an important question must be asked: What would the ‘natural’ state of Europe be without...

A new study argues that the concept of a “pristine wilderness” that’s free from human inhabitants is a failing Eurocentric concept that...

The social media giant says it will start clamping down on the illegal sales of ecological conservation areas within the Amazon...

The Aichi biodiversity targets were established by the UN Convention of Biological Diversity and consist of 20 specific targets to...

Britain has lost nearly half of its biodiversity since the Industrial Revolution, and experts warn continued global biodiversity loss...

The American bumblebee is an important species vital in pollinating the nation’s wild flowers and agricultural crops, but they’re now...