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Endangered species

August 2024

  • An Australian painted-snipe

    One of Australia’s most elusive birds, a 2,200km journey and a mid-winter mystery solved

    A new project that aims to uncover where the Australian painted-snipe goes during winter has revealed why, until now, no one knew
  • A man with binoculars standing by a fenced-off field

    Ecologist taking on MoD to protect skylarks says he has faced threats and assault

    Campaigners say rare grassland on former firing range in Essex was mowed, killing the birds and their chicks that nest on the ground
  • A chough flying above a field

    Choughs breed in Kent for first time in 200 years

    Unexpected fledging is result of long-term restoration project to bring red-billed birds back to Kent coastline

July 2024

  • An illustration of seeds on the moon

    Scientists propose lunar biorepository as ‘backup’ for life on Earth

  • A young black woman with a pangolin sitting on her shoulder smiles at the camera

    The age of extinction
    ‘They are so handsome’: the unusual day in the life of a pangolin carer

  • The greater glider

    Australia’s environment could be fixed and threatened species saved for just 0.3% of GDP, experts say

  • Endangered Greater Glider pokes his head out of their den during a night spotting exercise.

    ‘Cutest animal in Australia’: keeping watch over greater gliders in a forest targeted for logging

  • North Atlantic right whale seen off Ireland for first time in 114 years

  • Seascape: the state of our oceans
    Swim with the fishes: is tuna tourism just a bit of harmless holiday fun?

  • Orange roughy are at risk from overfishing. But there is money to be made!

  • The age of extinction
    Winning images of the 2024 BigPicture natural world photography competition

  • Australia news live
    Band’s gig postponed amid deportation call – as it happened

  • Snakes beware: reptiles targeted across Bangladesh after rise in sightings of Russell’s viper

  • Fears for threatened orange roughy as NZ super trawler returns to Tasmanian waters

  • Outfoxed: the ‘smart’ ferals are adapting to Australian cities, and wreaking havoc in the bush

  • How Australian scientists brought Norfolk Island’s thumbnail-sized snails back from the brink of extinction

  • ‘It’s like looking at ghosts’: inside the Australian Museum’s extinction cabinets

  • The age of extinction
    ‘Frog saunas’ could save species from deadly fungal disease, study finds

  • Seascape: the state of our oceans
    ‘All threats to the sea come from humans’: how lawyers are gearing up to fight for the oceans

  • The age of extinction
    Trophy hunter killings spark fierce battle over the future of super tusker elephants

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