IUCN red list of endangered species
The IUCN says which animals may face extinction. But is it up to the job?
Twenty-five scientists on conservation frontlines publish concerns that the red list of threatened species is outdated and unreliable
Matthew Ponsford
22, Nov, 2023 @3:00 PM
The shrinking sea: why the Caspian is under threat – a photo essay
With the rivers that feed it drying up, less rainfall and a hotter climate, the world’s largest inland body of water is in peril. With five countries sharing it, can the political will to save this unique habitat be found?
20, Nov, 2023 @12:00 PM
The lost world: Venezuela’s unique tepui frogs face new perils
Living in carnivorous plants or rolling like balls to flee from predators, amphibians on these tabletop peaks evolved like no others. Can they avoid extinction as their home heats up?
Luke Taylor
14, Oct, 2023 @8:00 AM
‘We can carry on for ever’: meet Iceland’s last whale hunter
For Kristján Loftsson, the 80-year-old who is more or less singlehandedly keeping the fin whale hunt alive, comparisons with Moby-Dick’s obsessive hero Ahab are ‘an honour’. Will opposition to the dying industry finally catch up with him?
Daniel Boffey in Reykjavík
13, Oct, 2023 @1:00 PM
Crocodile dies after chewing on electric wire after being ‘attracted’ to it
The 10-year-old male Cuban crocodile at the Smithsonian zoo in Washington probably bit on electrical equipment in its enclosure
Samira Asma-Sadeque
26, Dec, 2022 @6:12 PM
Lost and found: twitchers delight at sweet song of the black-browed babbler
Since the bird was ‘rediscovered’ by accident in Borneo in 2020, ornithologists have returned to study the melodious species last documented more than 170 years ago
Graeme Green
01, Dec, 2022 @4:00 PM
‘Generally ignored’ species face twice the extinction threat, warns study
Wildlife with little data faces double the risk of dying out – which may mean many more species are endangered than previously thought
Phoebe Weston
04, Aug, 2022 @3:00 PM
Down but not out: how the European mink found refuge on an Estonian island
Pushed to the brink by invasive American mink and habitat loss, a reintroduced wild population is finally thriving on Hiiumaa island
Tom Peeters in Hiiumaa, Estonia
29, Mar, 2022 @8:30 AM
‘I feel I’ve made a mark’: the man who built homes for 60,000 swifts
Retired salesman John Stimpson was so moved by the cries of birds unable to find nests, he decided to act. Now he has made enough boxes to house half the UK’s swifts
Phoebe Weston
20, Jan, 2022 @7:45 AM
Atlantic fishing nations agree to ban catches of mako, world’s fastest sharks
Conservationists hail move as ‘critical breakthrough’ to protect endangered shortfin mako, prized for meat, fins and sportfishing
Karen McVeigh
24, Nov, 2021 @6:26 PM
Farmers tempt endangered cranes back – by growing their favourite food
In Cambodia’s fertile Mekong delta, farmers are switching to the rice varieties loved by the world’s tallest flying bird to help stop its decline
Anne Pinto-Rodrigues
20, Nov, 2021 @9:00 AM
Boom time for Cape Verde’s sea turtles as conservation pays off
The number of nesting sites on the archipelago has risen dramatically, but global heating sees male population plummet
Annika Hammerschlag
26, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM
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