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The tenacious animals conservationists feared were extinct

With COP15 underway, these extinction-defying species prove that conservation projects can really work.

Nature

Why have 2,500 dead seals washed up on Russia’s shores?

In 1900, there were more than a million Caspian seals - but after a century of overfishing and habitat degradation, some environmentalists warn that there are just 70,000 left.

France

Rare visitor: Walrus spotted off Normandy coast in France

Rare visitor: walrus spotting off Normandy coast in France, thousands of kilometres from Arctic home

Climate

How to attract bats to your garden this Halloween

Bats could be Europe’s spookiest mammal. But as their natural habitat diminishes, they’re under threat. Here’s how you can help.

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Green News

Wild baby bison born in UK for first time in millennia

The bison calf was an unexpected, but delightful surprise, for two English wildlife charities that are carrying out a rewilding project.

Green News

Environmentalists fight to save rare fish only found in Romania

In a race against time to save the rarest fish in Europe, a team of environmentalists and experts are developing a sanctuary for a rare species of fish, known as the living fossil.

Nature

Blocked by the US-Mexico border wall, wildlife faces ‘ecocide’

Thousands of unique animal species found along the US-Mexico divide are threatened by the border wall.

Green News

Nature in ‘dire straits’ as global wildlife populations plunge 70%

In some parts of the world, average population decline was more than 90 per cent in 50 years.

Nature

Europe's largest salt-water lagoon is now a 'person'

The law codifies the lagoon's right "to exist as an ecosystem and to evolve naturally."

Nature

‘Cryptic reptiles’ have been found living under gravestones in Ecuador

It’s hoped that identifying the reptiles will help reverse their fortunes and protect the country’s diminishing cloud forest.

Destinations

Easter travel: Get away from it all on this little-known UK island

Spiritual home of the Scouting movement, this unspoilt haven in southwest England is a nature lover's paradise.

Green News

Endangered Galápagos giant tortoises killed for meat

Under Ecuadorian law, killing a giant tortoise is punishable by three years in prison - but poachers are still active.

Sweden

Worker gored to death by large antelope at Swedish animal park

The incident occurred late on Sunday at the Oland Animal and Entertainment Park.

No Comment

Wildlife sanctuary welcomes white rhino calf

A wildlife sanctuary in Barberton, South Africa, welcomed a new white rhino calf on August 11.

Green News

World’s smallest sea turtle reappars in Louisiana after 75 years

The Kemp Ridley sea turtle has hatched in Louisiana's waters for the first time in decades.

Nature

Striking portraits capture the humanity of endangered orangutans

On International Orangutan Day and World Photography Day, these portraits reveal similarities between great apes and humans.

France

Experts struggle to save beluga whale lost in France's River Seine

Hopes are diminishing for saving the whale, which shows signs of illness and has been refusing food, thousands of kilometres from its usual habitat.

Nature

India’s ambitious project to bring back its extinct cheetahs

African cheetahs will be flown to India next week and reintroduced to a national park.

Green News

Faroe Islands to curb ‘cruel’ dolphin hunt after international outcry

The government is proposing a cap after almost 1,500 white-sided dolphins were killed last year. But will it be enough to make the tradition sustainable?

Destinations

Why you should visit 'the land of 1,000 hills' this summer

Rwanda is regularly dubbed the safest country in Africa, and was recently ranked as the sixth safest country in the world for solo travellers.