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Winner crowned in 2025 Fat Bear Week competition

Voters follow 12 bears in Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve on live webcams and cast ballots in a bracket-style, single-elimination tournament that lasts a week.

Nature

Artificial nests offer hope for rare cockatoos in Hong Kong

As typhoons and tree trimming reduce natural nesting sites, researchers race to protect urban cockatoos.

Nature

Fat Bear Week: Alaska's chunkiest bears battle for online crown

Viewers can watch live streams and vote online to determine which bear has packed on the most weight after feasting on salmon.

Nature

Australia approves world-first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia

Researchers say the single-dose vaccine could reduce koala chlamydia deaths by up to 65 per cent.

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Adorable snow leopard cub takes her first steps outside at UK zoo

The cub, Bheri, is the first to be born at the zoo in its 94-year history.

Nature

Latest count shows gains and losses for rhino species worldwide

The latest global rhino count from the International Rhino Foundation reveals a mixed picture for the world’s five rhino species.

Travel News

New Zealand to charge tourists to visit top natural attractions

The measure aims to generate revenue for conservation while boosting employment opportunities.

Earth News

Scientists debunk myths about ‘charismatic’ raccoons in Germany

Raccoons join hornets, ibis and some kinds of algae as invasive species putting Europe’s biodiversity at risk.

Earth News

The race to 30x30: How far behind are we on ocean protection?

A slew of commitments have been made at the UN Ocean Conference this week, with many governments using the opportunity to unveil new MPAs on the international stage.

Europe News

Guterres urges countries to join ocean pact before point of no return

Following 18 new ratifications on Monday, UN chief Guterres said on Tuesday the High Seas Treaty is "within sight" of taking effect. He warned of a 'hard battle' against 'greed', which denies science to oppose the pact.

Earth News

Brazil and France launch push to put oceans at heart of climate plans

Brazil explicitly included ocean-based actions for the first time in its most recently submitted national climate plan.

Scenes

Watch: The Argentinian team planting hope in the mountains

In partnership with Media City

Juan Pablo Moreno is restoring the Great Mountains of Córdoba through the reforestation project Bosques de Agua.

Earth News

What is the UN Ocean Conference and why does it matter?

More than 10,000 people will gather in France for largest ocean conference ever.

Earth News

EU faces new legal action over bottom trawling in protected areas

It is the latest in a stream of litigation from all corners of the EU over bottom trawling in protected zones.

Earth News

Millions of seahorses vanish into the illegal wildlife trade each year

Seahorses are being trafficked on a massive scale as part of the €20 billion illegal wildlife trade.

Earth News

High Seas Treaty gets major boost from EU and 6 member states

The High Seas Treaty has the potential to bring about a significant shift in global ocean conservation efforts.

Nature

Lack of endangered whale babies raises alarm among scientists

Experts say North Atlantic right whales need to have 50 calves per season to start recovering. This year they produced just 11.

Nature

One of Earth’s rarest trees threatened by climate change and goats

Known for their mushroom-shaped canopies and the blood-red sap that courses through their wood, the trees once stood in great numbers.

Moments

Hearing whale songs can inspire tourists to help protect oceans

Feelings of awe inspired tourists to improve recycling habits, reduce waste production, and support ocean conservation initiatives.

Nature

'Lost' gecko species rediscovered after more than 30 years

Since it was identified in 1991, mystery surrounded this elusive little lizard for more than three decades.