biodiversity

Woolly mammoths are being resurrected by scientists to combat climate change.

Woolly mammoths are being brought back from extinction by scientists

Planting more trees isn't the catch-all answer to carbon capture, but it could be part of the solution.

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

Campaigners are hoping the CEE Bill is the impetus the UK needs to adequately address the climate crisis.

What is the UK's CEE Bill and why does it matter so much?

Participants gather and hold a banner on a beach in Marseille to draw the attention of world leaders and protest against the environmental crisis.

NGOs call for bolder action to protect wildlife at biodiversity summit

River Thames: Britain's famous seal population has dipped in numbers

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

Though humans tend to avoid assholes, they are lifesaving for some desert species.

Ass holes in the desert are a welcome sight for some

How to tell the difference between tree planting schemes and scams

How to tell the difference between tree-planting schemes and scams

Through sustainable methods, Indigenous and local communities have safeguarded the Maya Biosphere Reserve.

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

09/08/2021

Indigenous-governed land has the highest levels of biodiversity.

What can we learn from Indigenous groups about how to respect nature?

09/08/2021

A beekeeper inspects a beehive board.

Wildfires in Sardinia likely to have killed 30 million bees

05/08/2021

Pete Bethune

One man and his €3m drone set out to save wildlife in Costa Rica

01/08/2021

Heart Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Protect coral reefs now or they will collapse, scientists warn

22/07/2021

As a petition to ban the sale of artificial grass is put forward in one European country, we look at the environmental impact of fake plants.

Where in Europe are campaigners trying to ban plastic grass?

30/06/2021

Vendors wait for customers at the Chow Kit wet market in Kuala Lumpur on April 21, 2021.

‘Wet markets’ are not as bad for health and biodiversity as we think

23/06/2021

Habay, Belgique

New tech could prevent biodiversity crisis using DNA analysis

18/06/2021

The “EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives” was adopted by the European Parliament

EU countries could be forced to take biodiversity seriously

09/06/2021

The fish doorbell has been rung over 100,000 times in two months

Dutch ecologists invented a fish doorcam and it's got thousands hooked

07/06/2021

a researcher displaying seed samples in a tunnel at the Baekdudaegan National Arboretum Seed Vault Centre in the southeastern mountainous county of Bonghwa.

South Korea's 'high security seed vault' is ready for an apocalypse

02/06/2021

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The homegrown hive that could save Ireland’s bees

27/05/2021

Young activists strike for the current emergency facing our climate

World Biological Diversity Day: Young climate leaders are speaking out

22/05/2021

The giraffe population has declined 40 per cent in 30 years, and there are now approximately 68,000 left in the wild.

World has 'fallen far short' on biodiversity targets, says UN report

21/05/2021

Central Apennines

What's the difference between rewilding and reforesting?

01/05/2021

Bird's eye view of the European Commission's Pollinator Park

This VR experience imagines a future without vital pollinators

30/04/2021

Stenophylla, Ivory Coast

New climate-resistant coffee bean discovery has ‘superior flavour’

20/04/2021

Mangroves genuinely have the power to change the world - if we can protect them in time.

What are mangroves and why are they the key to saving the planet?

17/04/2021

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Bonn, Germany in 2008

COP26 isn't the only major environmental convention happening in 2021

29/03/2021

This face mask can grow into flowers

These disposable face masks are designed to be thrown away

26/03/2021

Climate activist Shaama Sandooyea holds a placard reading: “Nou Reklam Lazistis Klimati” (Mauritian creole for “We Demand Climate Justice”)

Extraordinary photos of the world’s first underwater climate protest

18/03/2021

A school of squid underwater.

No need to choose between eating fish and saving the ocean say experts

17/03/2021

Bialowieza forest is one of the only remaining fragments of Europe's primeval forests.

Poland set to resume logging in one of Europe's last primeval forests

12/03/2021