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40 turtles are released into the nature to celebrate anti-deforestation pact in Colombian Amazon

40 turtles are released into the nature to celebrate anti-deforestation pact in Colombian Amazon

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.

Earth News

Euroviews. Faces of COP26: Meet the climate advocate standing up for young people

"You have to centre young people - especially Indigenous and frontline communities."

Nature

Faces of COP26: Meet the 24-year-old restoring Scotland’s peat bogs

"Peatlands are an incredibly under-appreciated habitat. But they’re so important for so, so many reasons."

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In pictures: The guardians of the last two northern white rhinos

With no male northern white rhinos left on the planet, Fatu and Najin bear the burden of the continuation of their entire species.

Nature

Scientists battle to save Florida's coral reef from 'mysterious' disease

Scientists are using laboratories to preserve shrinking coral reef populations in Florida.

Nature

What would a 90% loss of global biodiversity mean for the planet?

This week world leaders met to talk about tackling biodiversity loss and these lesser-known UN talks could have an impact on the future of our everyday lives.

Nature

Rare pink dolphins saved by high-tech fishermen in the Amazon

Scientists in the Amazon are enlisting local fishermen to help track the pink river dolphins that were once their prey.

Nature

Britain’s royal botanical gardens have just broken a world record

How many unique plant species does it take to beat the world record?

Earth News

‘Amazon of Europe’ is first UNESCO biosphere to cover five nations

Five European countries have come together to officiate the biggest transnational UNESCO biosphere reserve.

Climate

Capturing carbon is slow and difficult - is nature the answer?

"The idea of just planting trees everywhere as a solution is fundamentally misguided. We cannot plant a blanket of trees and hope to save the world.”

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.

Nature

'Magnificent' lion cub celebrates her 2-month birthday at French zoo

The zoo released a video showing the lioness playing in her enclosure.

Nature

London Zoo's animals step onto the scales for annual check-up

Animals tempted onto the weighing scales but there is a serious reason behind the annual event.

Nature

Which country is planting a tree for every baby that is born?

How a reforesting scheme first launched over a decade ago formed one of the world’s most effective environmental partnerships.

Earth News

Hanging rhinos upside down is ‘vital’ for their conservation

Black rhinos are critically endangered, so conservationists are thinking up innovative ways to protect them.

Nature

How has 30 years of logging saved the rainforest in Guatemala?

For International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we look at how a community-led programme in the Maya Biosphere Reserve is revolutionising how we think about conservation.

Nature

Two endangered tortoises meet for their first date via FaceTime

Now that Hugo the tortoise is ready to settle down, his keepers have found him a lady friend who travelled from Europe to meet him.

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Giant panda gives birth to twin cubs in France

The twins are their second and third cubs after the first panda ever born in France, Yuan Meng, in 2017.

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The secret sex lives of sharks have been revealed by new tech

Mating rituals of mysterious Basker sharks have been exposed by oceanographers in the UK.