56+ min ago  (142+ words) The Telegraph Patrick Galbraith is The Telegraph's Environment Correspondent. See more He is the author of books Uncommon Ground and In Search of One Last Song and was previously the editor of Shooting Times and Country Magazine. You can reach…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (555+ words) Busy shipping in the Strait of Gibraltar threatens environment of critically endangered population of long-finned pilot whales Whales are having to "shout louder" to be heard over deafening noise from shipping, research has revealed. The underwater sound from ships" engines…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (267+ words) Broadcast live each spring, the 24-hour feed turns a handful of animal sightings into a strangely compelling shared ritual Ed Cumming is a senior feature writer and columnist who started at the Telegraph in 2009, left in 2014 and came back in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (923+ words) Habitat restoration and careful reintroductions are helping creatures like wild boars, pine martens and storks thrive again It's the spring of 2026. You're walking through a woodland ride in southern England when a large orange butterfly alights in a patch of…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (649+ words) Efforts to protect existing habitats and create new wetlands have enabled birds to stage a comeback A record number of cranes bred last year as the bird continues its comeback from extinction in the UK. Britain's tallest bird disappeared about…...

2+ mon, 19+ hour ago  (763+ words) They're more like humans than anyone could imagine" They're so similar to us that if humans have a soul, orangutans must have one, too' Birut" Galdikas, who has died aged 79, was the world's leading authority on orangutans and the least…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (513+ words) The Vision of Zacharias in the Temple is thought now to be worth tens of millions of pounds as an authentic work by the Dutch master Tim Sigsworth is a general News Reporter for The Telegraph, covering topics in'the United…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (384+ words) Toxic chemicals from smartphones have been found in the brains of dolphins, say researchers in Hong Kong. Chinese scientists analysing tissue from deceased dolphins and porpoises have uncovered particles released from discarded phone screens. The study uncovered traces of synthetic…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (511+ words) Numbers may be growing after increase in male birds, says Perthshire nature reserve Jacob Freedland is the Telegraph's Scottish Reporter. See more He covers politics and home affairs north of the border, from the key players shaping Holyrood to sea…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (633+ words) Huntford portrayed Scott, a British hero, as disastrously incompetent and as a "sentimentalist who couldn't control his emotions' "Roland Huntford, who has died aged 98, set out to debunk the heroic myth of Captain Robert Scott in a 1979 book that accused…...