5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (807+ words) Most of the countryside around the Holnicote estate in Somerset has been dry and dusty for most of the summer. But one corner remains conspicuously green. Here in south-west England, an animal that was made extinct in Britain in the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (552+ words) Australia is famous for its lizards and snakes. But we found at least 127 species are threatened – almost twice as many as previously thought....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (578+ words) My students and I encountered a mystery. We were partnering with the Missouri Department of Conservation to monitor for fish presence and abundance in the Missouri Ozarks. We visited half a dozen rivers and streams across the region and collected…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (835+ words) Possums are among New Zealand’s most destructive introduced mammals. They damage native forests, prey on wildlife and remain a major target of the country’s Predator Free 2050 programme. But removing most possums from an area through predator control is only part…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (958+ words) Hundreds of dead birds are now being reported as the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu begins to spread across Australia. Government reports show the virus is circulating in resident birds. It was a long time coming. The current outbreak emerged…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (956+ words) On a warm evening in May, swifts scream over rooftops, chasing insects above the traffic. A fox slips along a garden wall while gulls squabble on a supermarket roof. We tend to treat these animals as visitors. But they’re residents…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (460+ words) Four experts explain what genetic health is and why it matters for our most vulnerable wildlife....