WILDLIFE
Learning to swing
May 16, 2015
Written by
Hazel Southam
A team of British tree surgeons are heading to the Indonesian island of Sumatra next month to help rescue endangered orang-utans from the rainforest
US loses honey bee colonies
May 15, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Winter beehive losses are down over the previous year, but April 2014 to April 2015 saw an increase in summer losses too. It’s a change over previous patterns, and the cause is still a mystery
Man’s best friend
May 03, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
When it came to mastering their ancient hunting grounds, ‘modern’ humans had a technological advantage over their Neanderthal rivals – the dog
The pollinator protectors of Kenya
Apr 30, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
Pollinating insects are facing a global crisis, attacked with pesticides by farmers around the world. But work being undertaken in Kenya is showing how farmers and insects could live together in harmony
The tiger widows
Apr 23, 2015
Written by
Emma Wigley
The Sundarbans, which span India and Bangladesh, is a special place – a rich and diverse ecosystem, a vast carbon sink and the world’s largest mangrove forest. It’s also home to the Royal Bengal Tiger, notorious for attacking locals who,…
Berries and the bear
Apr 08, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
As traditional food sources become inaccessible, polar bears are having to look elsewhere for new snacks
Law of the wild
Mar 08, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Sweden’s annual wolf hunt was only open for a few hours before a court closed the season. A few days and one court decision later, it was open again
The stressful life of the bee
Feb 19, 2015
Written by
Tom Hayes
Environmental stress causing young bees to mature too fast could be one of the major factors behind the disastrous decline of bee populations around the globe
Australia faces ‘extinction calamity’
Feb 17, 2015
Written by
Tom Hayes
One in ten of Australia’s indigenous mammal species has become extinct in the past 200 years, according to a new survey of Australia’s native mammals
Norfolk sees Mammoth return
Feb 11, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
A 3D replica may bring the world’s most complete mammoth skeleton to public display
Indian tiger population roaring back
Feb 10, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
New report estimates that numbers of wild Indian tigers grew by more than 50 per cent during the past eight years
Hungry angry hippos
Feb 09, 2015
Written by
Tom Hart
Last November, a hippopotamus attack killed 12 children and one adult in Niger. Although such incidents are rare, humans and hippos increasingly share the same territory
Historic birth for Galapagos tortoises
Jan 21, 2015
Written by
Chris Fitch
First giant tortoise hatchlings born in the wild in over 100 years found by conservationists in the Galapagos Islands
Controversy over Zimbabwe’s elephant sale
Jan 21, 2015
Written by
Tom Hayes
Sixty-two elephant calves are set to be exported from Zimbabwe to countries across the world, the country’s authorities have confirmed, causing outrage amongst conservationists
Ape granted basic rights
Jan 20, 2015
Written by
Tom Hayes
A high-level Argentine criminal appeals court has granted an ape the same basic rights as her human captors, setting a precedent for future challenges regarding animals in captivity
Scotland’s wild crime
Dec 07, 2014
Written by
Tom Hart
Salmon poaching is on the rise in Scotland, according to the Scottish Government’s second annual report into wildlife crimes. For 2012-2013, the Scottish courts proceeded against 75 people for wildlife crimes, with 55 found guilty, up from the previous year
Vulnerable species protected by United Nations
Nov 13, 2014
Written by
Katy Marriott
Intense negotiations on the conservation of some of the world’s most vulnerable species have concluded with resounding success at UN convention in Ecuador
Map error threatens ‘protected’ chimpanzees
Nov 13, 2014
Written by
Chris Fitch
They are supposed to be protected by the Luama Katanga Reserve, but an administrative error means 900 plant species and 1,400 chimpanzees are actually situated 50 km east of the reserve’s official boundaries
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