The idea that ecosystems carry plenty of backup, so if a small number of species become extinct there is little harm, has been greatly overestimated, according to the largest global study of its kind.

Critically endangered New Zealand bird enjoys record breeding season triggered by mass fruiting of native tree, pushing its numbers to 325

Decision to rescind ‘roadless rule’ opens more than 45m acres of national forests to roads, drilling and logging

Scientists worry about the penguins’ future amid changing temperatures and warming waters this year.

Dufour et al. combine multi-sensor geolocator data from 411 individuals across 56 landbird species to quantify nocturnal and diurnal migratory flight. They show that nocturnal migration is the dominan...

A dedicated survey in 2021 produced only a handful of confirmed breeding records of Ring Ouzel in Ireland, leaving the species facing imminent extinction there.

The breeding grounds of the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher stretch across thousands of kilometres of rivers and streams in the American Southwest, yet much of its habitat has long been difficult to as...

From its nests high in the canopy of the Amazon, the harpy eagle depends on — and is critical to — the health of the forest around it. The species controls the numbers of animals such as sloths and mo...

Dozens of wind turbines stand across its treeless ground, spinning day and night in the salt wind.

We look at the worrying results of the latest national Dotterel survey. Discover how climate change appears to be a cause of decline.

With West Africa’s vulture populations dwindling, poachers are increasingly turning to yellow-billed kites, a medium-sized, extremely adaptable raptor found in nearly every landscape across much of…

Imagine walking along a rugged coastline where purple heather, moss, and shrubs cover the ground. These open landscapes are more than scenic hiking areas.

The Ring Ouzel has declined to near extinction on the island of Ireland, with just nine occupied sites recorded during a national survey in 2021, all in County Donegal in north-west Ireland.Little ...

The Estonian Ornithological Society is once again inviting bird enthusiasts to take part in its nocturnal songbird census, which helps track the fortunes of bird species that sing at night.

The Estonian Ornithological Society is once again inviting bird enthusiasts to take part in its nocturnal songbird census, which helps track the fortunes of bird species that sing at night.

Childrens education must include the history of colonial destruction of wildlife and the frequently overlooked conservation wisdom of indigenous communities.

A North Cork farmer, who was accused of destroying a large area of natural woodland for the purposes of ‘profiteering’, has avoided a conviction at a District Court, but has been forced to pay a furth...

Seeds from the last surviving wild Dendroseris neriifolia tree are now stored in Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank as researchers work to find ways to reintroduce the species into the wild.

For the past century, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet was one of Indonesia's most elusive birds, known only from a 2014 photographic record and a handful of ​museum specimens, with a lingering hope that it ...

Criminal investigation under way after carcasses found across Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise national park within a week

Researchers racing to document Oceania’s last tropical glaciers found the remaining “eternal snow” in Indonesia’s West Papua region has lost almost all its ice

YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

The charity says more than half of attacks happened on or near land managed for game shooting.

In October 1980, on Ireland’s Late Late Show, Gay Byrne asked David Attenborough what he made of the search for life beyond Earth. Attenborough was 54 then, well into what would become a seven-decade ...

When Rachel Carson wrote the environmental classic "Silent Spring" in 1962, she warned that unchecked human impacts might create a silent future.

Criminal investigation under way after carcasses found across Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise national park within a week

The school’s $100m project to examine its slave ownership in Antigua is mired in controversy as academics allege obstruction

The latest Breeding Bird Survey results show mixed fortunes for the UK's birds, with Collared Dove among the most notable losers.

High in the canopy, in the branches of fig trees, scientists have discovered a previously unknown hub of communication between species.

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice is having grim consequences for penguins yet to grow waterproof feathers

Assessment of how 16 taxonomic groups in a lowland tropical forest resist and recover from anthropogenic disturbance shows the potential of protecting naturally regenerating secondary forests to reverse biodiversity losses.

Tropical rainforests are home to almost two-thirds of all vertebrate species and three-quarters of all tree species: they are the most species-rich terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. However, over half of these diverse rainforests have already been cleared, and their area continues to decline drastically, primarily for agricultural purposes. Is there a chance of regeneration, and can not only trees but also the unique diversity of thousands of animal species return to cleared areas?

New research from the Shorebird Science and Conservation Collective at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI), published in the journal Conservation Biology, provide...