Conservation

Scientists fake rhino horn from horse hair to flood illegal market © Getty Images

Scientists fake rhino horn from horse hair to flood illegal market

Pet cats: should they be kept indoors? © Getty Images

Reality Check Should pet cats be kept indoors?

Could leaving nature to its own devices be the key to meeting the UK’s climate goals? (Eurasian beaver © Getty Images)

Mark Lynas Is rewilding key to meeting the UK’s climate goals?

Endangered orangutan numbers starting to stabilise thanks to conservation efforts © Getty Images

Endangered orangutan numbers starting to stabilise thanks to conservation efforts

David Attenborough attends the opening ceremony of the COP 24 United Nations climate change conference on December 03, 2018 in Katowice, Poland © Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Sir David Attenborough “If we damage the natural world, we damage ourselves”

14 amazing photos from the BMC Ecology Image Competition 2018 © Pilar Oliva Vidal (University of Lleida – ETSEA, Spain)

14 amazing photos from the BMC Ecology Image Competition 2018

Quingdao Eden © The Eden Project

Conservation: How China is creating Edens

How safe are our Marine Protected Areas? (A marine debris team collects fishing nets that have been abandoned in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument © NOAA)

How safe are our Marine Protected Areas?

Eastern gorillas have seen a dramatic decrease in population © Piper Mackay/Getty Images

Great ape species facing extinction

How does trophy hunting affect wild animal populations? © Getty Images

How does trophy hunting affect wild animal populations?

Protecting the tropical rainforests – an achievable global goal? © Getty Images

Protecting the tropical rainforests – an achievable global goal?

“Worms are hugely important, yet seem to be the most under-appreciated animal on the planet” © Getty Images

“Worms are hugely important, yet seem to be the most under-appreciated animal on the planet”

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Heart-breaking image of a black rhino tops Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017 winners

Giraffes’ future is much less secure than many people had imagined © David Lazar/Getty Images

It’s time to stand tall for imperilled giraffes

Elephants troop to a water hole at the Amboseli national reserve November 13, 2015 at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro © Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images

Everyday science

Elephant poaching costs Africa ‘$25m a year’