Environment

Papua New Guinea’s Naomi Longa has been awarded a 2024 Whitley Award for leading an all-female team of conservationists to monitor and manage coral reefs in Kimbe Bay.

Led by Dr Purnima Devi Barman, the 'Hargila Army' or 'Stork Sisters' movement rescued the greater adjutant stork from the brink of extinction. Presented with the 2024 Whitley Gold Award, Barman now plans to double her force.

Bhutan’s Kuenzang Dorji has been awarded a 2024 Whitley Award for his solutions to protect golden langur monkeys in Bhutan.

Cameroon’s Aristide Kamla has been awarded a 2024 Whitley Award for his work to save African manatee habitat from an invasive species.

Led by Fernanda Abra, conservationists are building low-cost canopy bridges in Brazil's rainforest to protect tree-dwelling mammals from road accidents.

Dr Purnima Barman has won the Gold Award at the 'Green Oscars' for her work in bringing together more than 10,000 women to save the greater adjutant stork and its wetlands habit in Assam, India.

New evidence of the critically endangered diademed sifaka lemur being targeted by the vulnerable fossa is presenting conservationists with a tricky problem.

The species’ rapid spread across the Mediterranean, including to habitats previously thought to be unsuitable, could have significant ecological impacts. 

After observing more than three million insects, scientists in Australia have "a definitive answer to the age-old question of whether there are more insects out at night or in the day”. So, which is it?

The 2024 World Press Photo Contest global winners have been revealed. Among the photographers celebrated in this year's competition is Daniel Chatard for his project 'No Man's Land': A portfolio recording the resistance against Germany’s open-pit coal mines.

Landmark moment as 1,000th individual oceanic manta ray is recorded in Maldivian waters. The Indian Ocean archipelago has the third largest population in the world, after Ecuador and Mexico.

Positive news for fish and other wildlife as 2023 was another record-breaking year for removing dams, weirs and other river barriers, freeing Europe’s rivers and restoring healthy habitats.

Reduced water clarity, caused by climate change, spells trouble for the common loon, according to a new study.

Five years after being released on an estate in Essex, beavers are reducing the risks of both drought and flooding in the nearby village of Finchingfield, suggests a new study.

A subpopulation of transient killer whales has been recorded using specialised techniques to hunt sea lions, seals and whale calves in deep submarine canyons off the coast of California, say scientists

A thought-provoking image of a football covered in invasive goose barnacles has won this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards.

Conservationists witness (and film) a synchronised mass coral reef spawning for the first time in Cambodian waters.

Using genetic analyses and oceanographic modelling, scientists have discovered that remote coral reefs around the Seychelles are closely related – a breakthrough that could aid future coral restoration projects.

The project will see Loskop Dam Nature Reserve become one of the largest protected wildlife reserves in South Africa. Planned reintroductions include the critically endangered black rhino and several species of cat.

Progress to reduce the number of birds illegally killed on the island is at risk if support to tackle criminal gangs isn't maintained, says report.

The impact of bird flu that ripped through the UK's seabird colonies is worse than feared, according to a new RSPB report. But the banning of industrial sandeel fishing offers hope for the long-term future of some threatened species.

Award-winning filmmaker, writer and director Richie Mehta discusses what inspired him to create the new wildlife crime drama, Poacher.