Podcast Episode · Mongabay Newscast · 12/08/2025 · 57m

We are delighted to announce a new Buy an Acre project in Ecuador, protecting the highly precious Olivier Currat Reserve.

The return of the lynx could help to restore the UK’s countryside, but not everyone is convinced.

Think big, act wild, goes the strapline at Rewilding Britain, which Sara King puts into practice every day. As well as advising UK rewilding hotspots, she coordinates the Rewilding Network, a communit...

Chair Tony Juniper celebrates successes but says ‘collective endeavour’ needed to halt country’s decline in nature

A study using more than 90,000 scientific observations shows Earth is getting too hot for many tropical birds.

Scientists say the damage was caused by the

Butterfly experts have been sharing their excitement after a species from southern Europe was confirmed to have been seen in the UK for the first time.Two sightings of the Southern Small White have no...

Parts of Spain and Portugal likely to bear brunt of heat, while drought conditions sweep North America

A rewilding projects to bring back wild storks.

A nature restoration group is to target its Seeds from the Sky project at areas of a Lochaber estate.

Cameroonian farmers are reforesting degraded land with the MyFarmTrees app, blending traditional knowledge, native trees, and digital innovation.

Why there’s still hope for reversing degraded land in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo — according to the people who make it happen

A new project is underway to explore the potential of badger vaccination as part of national control of devastating cattle disease

Italy has approved new subsidies worth almost 600 million euros ($698 million) for the purchase of electric vehicles as sales lag, the environment and energy ministry said on Friday.

The red-billed chough vanished from Kent as a result of habitat loss and persecution

A new peer-reviewed study has linked pesticides as a likely cause to a mass die-off of Western monarch butterflies that occurred in 2024.

Plastic production has increased more than 200 times since 1950 and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal, says review in the Lancet

Researchers in Cuba and the UK are working together to reveal the biological secrets of the beautiful but endangered Polymita snail.

Discarded fishing gear is getting a second life as elegant, origami-inspired planters - thanks to a Glasgow-based startup transforming ocean waste into smart design

The Carbon Garden at Kew Gardens is a ground-breaking new space that explores the story of carbon and it's critical role in supporting life on earth

A Chinese-led research team captures pictures of life at depths of more than 9km in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

YouTube video by Rewilding Europe

Pesticide-free movement has grown, but many local authorities still spray weedkiller linked to wildlife declines and cancer

Sandown Town Council (STC) yesterday evening agreed to throw its weight behind the plans.

Solar is the fastest-growing source of renewable power and will be key to cutting emissions. The FT’s Rachel Millard investigates the latest solar cell innovations and inventions transforming the way ...

Endangered Sumatran tiger cubs are born at Pembrokeshire zoo.

Greece and Turkey are among the countries battling wildfires as temperatures spike in southern Europe.

An open letter from industry leaders and environmental charities is published today urging the UK Government to get Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) back on track across England.

The Rewilding Ukraine team are working to create a wilder and healthier Tarutino Steppe. The ongoing reintroduction of European hamsters is helping to breathe new life into this unique and vital…

ZSL launches campaign for the right for every child to access nature at school

Edinburgh International Book Festival's Jenny Niven explains its theme of mending what’s broken – in society, the environment, and ourselves

The Barbados threadsnake was previously featured on a list of 4,800 plant, animal and fungi species described as ‘lost to science’ – having last been seen in 2006

The decision from the world's highest court has been welcomed by developing nations at most risk from climate change.

France’s new agricultural "Duplomb law" has met with stiff opposition from environmental and health experts for allowing the reintroduction of a controversial and banned pesticide that is known to dam...

Renewables made up 92.5 per cent of all new electricity capacity additions in 2024, report shows

Britain is expecting a butterfly bounceback after last summer’s dramatic decline. Here are some of your sightings so far this year

Birmingham is recognised for its commitment to providing better access to nature.

Watford FC is donating 50p from each away shirt sale to a scheme called Your Tree Our Future.

Reforestation has long been viewed as one of the more hopeful climate interventions: a process that can, in theory, restore degraded landscapes, absorb carbon dioxide, and support biodiversity. But as...

We’re supporting 40 towns and cities across the UK to improve and create accessible green spaces, streets and neighbourhoods.

At the bottom of the world lies a region as magnificent as it is misunderstood: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. Harsh, remote and ice-bound, this vast area may seem disconnected from everyday human life. But make no mistake, what happens in Antarctica does not stay in Antarctica. Its transformations ripple across the globe, raising sea levels, disrupting weather patterns and reshaping ocean ecosystems far from the polar latitudes.

Footage shows the animal, born as part of a conservation programme, running around with its brother.

Big Butterfly Count asks volunteers to spend 15 minutes in local green space with big recovery expected after 2024’s dramatic decline

Our new project with American Forests will re-establish biodiversity in the Rim Fire burn scar in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains.

Ahead of 2025’s Big Butterfly Count, Richard ‘Bugman’ Jones looks at how we can all help to bring butterflies back from the brink

As the world’s oceans are heating up, things may be cooling down for a Critically Endangered shark, as female angelsharks avoid important breeding grounds in when waters become too warm