Campaigners are concerned that wildfires could ‘devastate local wildlife’, following the most recent blaze in a series of fires that have hit UK nature reserves. On Monday of this week, a 120-acre gorse fire tore through Caer Bran nature…
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A minute lizard discovered in Madagascar may be the smallest reptile found on our planet. Scientists believe that they may have discovered the smallest reptile on earth, a chameleon subspecies that is roughly the size of a sunflower seed. …
African elephants are the first animals to be successfully counted from space while moving through a complicated landscape. Scientists are using images from an Earth-observation satellite to count African elephants from space. The breakthrough could permit up to 5,000 sq km…
Centuries after lynx went extinct in Britain, people in Scotland are being asked whether the big cats should return. Three charities – Scotland: The Big Picture, Trees for Life and Vincent Wildlife Trust, have joined forces to investigate the…
An updated species list shows a successful outlook for the European bison and Red Kite, but a number of other species have officially disappeared. The European bison and Red Kite have retreated from extinction, according to an update of…
Hundreds of birdwatchers have flocked to see a rare rufous bush chat in Norfolk. A rufous bush chat was spotted on Saturday at a salt marsh in Stiffkey, north Norfolk, prompting hundreds of birdwatchers to since flock to the…
After being absent for three millennia, Tasmanian devils have returned to mainland Australia. Tasmanian devils have been reintroduced into the wild in mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years. Scientists hope that the predators’ release can help…
A new report has stated that a large proportion of plant and fungi species are threatened. Two fifths of global plants and fungi species are at risk of extinction as humans encroach on the natural world, states a new…
Despite a truly trying year, several conservation missions have proven a success. 2020 has been a difficult year. What with Coronavirus, Brexit, enduring racism necessitating the Black Lives Matter movement and World War 3 seeming dangerously imminent, it has…
Pangolins are the world’s most trafficked mammals, but evidence suggesting that they were the source of Covid-19 could put a stop to the trade. The Coronavirus pandemic has been an anthropogenic disaster – there is no doubt about that. …