Ecuador has confirmed that a giant tortoise found in 2019 in the Galapagos Islands is a species thought to have gone extinct 112 years...

The Orangutan Project, an organisation focused on securing the survival of orangutans and other critically endangered species, has seen...

The area of protected land on Earth has increased to seven times the size of India since 2010, according to a report released May 19 by...

Globally, Indigenous people manage or have tenure rights over at least 38 million sq km in 87 countries or politically distinct areas on...

May 22 is International Day for Biological Diversity and to celebrate, we’re outlining 5 ways that biodiversity matters for jobs, health...

An April 26 ruling against a licence for a commercial farm near Kenya’s Amboseli National Park will help to preserve free movement of...

In 2020, the western US suffered from record-breaking wildfires, showing the danger of warming climates and ecosystem decline, but also...

The Big 5 are generally seen as the most difficult animals to kill, but a new project by photographers is changing this, creating a new...

An area of forest larger than Madagascar has regrown around the world since 2000, concludes an analysis published by Trillion Trees, a...

New research has shown the enormous benefits of restoring lost oyster reefs in Hong Kong. Once home to thriving reefs, the city has seen...

The Biden administration will this week unveil a plan to conserve 30% of US lands and waters by 2030. The plan offers a strategy to...

Seen from above, Cape Ca Mau National Park, at Vietnam’s southernmost point, juts into the Gulf of Thailand like a verdant green toe....

Lion breeding in South Africa and trade in products such as their bones should be ended, according to the country’s Environment Minister...

A new initiative to mobilise at least $1 billion to reward tropical countries for halting deforestation in their forests was announced...

On Earth Day, 22 April, the same day Jair Bolsonaro made his speech at President Joseph Biden’s Climate Leaders Summit (during which the...

A new review published by environmental nonprofit Mighty Earth measures 15 of the biggest global food brands by their own commitments to...

According to a new study, just 3% of the world’s ecosystems remains ecological intact with healthy populations of all its original...

Brazil has requested USD$1 billion in financial support from western nations to reduce deforestation in the Amazon. According to the...

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) is gearing up for a potentially record-breaking breeding season for a rare insect...

As Earth continues to lose forests and biodiversity, many have called for an expansion of protected areas. But protected status is not a...