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Nature

What is COP15? The UN summit seeking to ‘make peace with nature’

A new global biodiversity framework is set to be agreed in Canada this fortnight, with proposals such as ‘30 by 30’ negotiated.

06/12/2022

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.

13/10/2022

Scenes

Meet the women saving sharks off the coast of Mexico

In partnership with Media City

"The town we're working with is called Agua Amarga. It is a small fishing town with a population of 500 people. We are training them so that they can have an extra income and they can eventually phase out shark fishing."

26/09/2022

Green News

Large, long-lived mammals more likely to survive extreme weather

As extreme weather events become more common, all animals will feel the heat - but some are more vulnerable than others.

22/08/2022

Green News

Scientists urge governments to plan for ‘climate endgame’

Governments need to look at the “worst case scenario” outcomes of climate change, scientists have warned.

02/08/2022

Eco-Innovation

Can freezing jaguar ears stop the species from going extinct forever?

Scientists are banking the cells of animals that die at Chester Zoo - though they hope to never need them.

25/05/2022

Nature

How can this ‘bongo park’ save a species from extinction?

With fewer than one hundred individuals left in the wild, conservationists in Kenya are fighting to save the mountain bongo, a type of antelope on the verge of extinction.

08/03/2022

Nature

Only 10% of Brits realise the human consequences of biodiversity loss

The planet’s biodiversity is collapsing and research has revealed that we need to take the threat more seriously.

25/01/2022

Scenes

The Indonesian conservationists saving endangered gibbons

In partnership with Media City

“We can now only sometimes hear the sounds of the gibbons in the morning or evening. Before, according to locals, it used to be very noisy.”

03/01/2022

Travel News

1500 languages could be lost by the end of the century, says new study

What does that mean for Indigenous populations around the world?

20/12/2021

Nature

Why Indigenous communities must be centre of biodiversity policies

Despite making up only 5% of the global population, Indigenous people protect 80% of the planet's remaining biodiversity. Yet they only have legal rights to half of their land.

06/11/2021

Nature

Birds are developing larger beaks to cope with climate change

As some animals are turning to shapeshifting to deal with the climate crisis, others are being left behind.

15/09/2021

Nature

Good news for tuna as they bounce back from the brink of extinction

The IUCN has just released its latest Red List update and there are positive signs for several species of tuna.

08/09/2021

Nature

The number of seals living in Britain's River Thames has fallen

After the river was declared dead in the 1950s, it's a miracle anything is living in the waters now.

07/09/2021

Nature

These endangered ‘scrotum’ frogs breathe through their saggy skin

Chester Zoo in the UK is working with scientists in Peru and Bolivia to try and save this rare species from extinction.

27/08/2021

Eco-Innovation

This is the algorithm that could save elephants from extinction

The beloved species is being protected by artificial intelligence.

26/04/2021