Cassatt-Johnstone et al. use paleogenomics to show that extinct American cheetahs were most closely related to pumas, not cheetahs. These cats ranged far into the Arctic and exploited aquatic prey, th...

Last September, zoologist and conservationist Bejan Lortkipanidze received a video file from a collaborator, Zurab Gurielidze, the head of Georgia’s Tbilisi Zoo. Gurielidze offered no details, but…

ZSL Statement on the Detention of Wildlife Conservationists in Iran

Conflict zones are inherently hazardous and inaccessible for researchers, which results in a knowledge gap about the immediate effects of armed conflicts on the environment, particularly wildlife. We ...

An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers

A month into the Israeli-US war against Iran we summarise conflict trends and their potential implications for people and the environment.

A month into the Israeli-US war against Iran we summarise conflict trends and their potential implications for people and the environment.

Monitors admit they are struggling to keep track of the environmental disasters arising from widening war

There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

A new study finds reduced greenhouse gas emissions in Ukraine amid war but increased toxic pollution risks.

Free-ranging African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) inhabit only 13% of their former range. A subspecies of particular conservation concern is the Northeastern ...

In a post-American world, greed and nihilism are destroying Sudan.

An exploration of key trends and evolutions in global climate change litigation from the calendar year 2024, plus important new developments through to May 2025.

Researchers analyse energy performance certificate data to identify areas with potentially high particle pollution

Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.

White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted

Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...

Hundreds of projects supported by USAID have been thrown into doubt, as fears grow of an increase in crimes such as poaching and trafficking