Scientists working off the western coast of Mexico say that they have found a new and previously-unknown species of whale. — What is...

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which compiles a regularly updated record of threatened species, has...

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) in the UK, alongside the Welsh government, have published the Healthy Bees...

Since mid-2020, Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen some unexpected guests that have stuck around- a...

Numbers of Iberian lynx have risen from just 94 in 2002 to over 700 this year, thanks to an ongoing captive breeding programme.  In...

From December 14, hens, turkeys and other captive birds in parts of the UK will have to be kept indoors to prevent the spread of bird...

The US has proposed to protect 12 critical coral species in the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean, which- if implemented- would protect nearly...

In the arctic tundra of northeastern Siberia lies a graveyard of a now – extinct species of megafauna, the woolly rhino, dating back...

In celebration of International Cheetah Day, Earth.Org is republishing this piece from October 1. South Africa is home to around 1,300 of...

Invasive species can wreak havoc on an ecosystem, as well as a region’s economy. In Europe, some of these invasive species are already...

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) is celebrating the birth of two critically endangered wildcats at Edinburgh Zoo. — What...

In celebration of International Jaguar Day on November 29, we are reporting on a study by the Queensland University of Technology which...

The UK government is facing criticism for a lack of progress in hitting major biodiversity targets. Recent analysis from The Royal...

The platypus- the egg-laying mammal found in rivers in eastern Australia- has seen its habitats shrink by about 200 000 sq km, or 22%,...

Scientists have found that bee diversity is higher in the Northern Hemisphere than in the Southern, and that bees prefer temperate...

Tristan da Cunha, a four-island archipelago in the south Atlantic Ocean with 245 permanent residents, is creating a massive marine...

In late October, nearly 200 Loa water frog tadpoles hatched at the National Zoo of Chile, a little more than a year after a team of...

Catching a caribou isn’t easy. In some locations, it involves flying around in helicopters, shooting the animal with a tranquilliser...

New research has found that one of the world’s biggest gliding mammals, the greater glider in Australia, is actually three separate...

Pangolin scales — armour-like, keratin-based plates that cover a pangolin’s body — are still being used in medicines sold and produced by...