When biodiversity is mentioned, people picture distant, secluded rainforests that maintain the genetic wellbeing of species on Earth. However, biodiversity is applicable to many more settings than ...

In 2005, conservation scientist Julian Bayliss was searching Google Earth for mountainous green areas in northern Mozambique when he noticed a large, unexplained patch of forest. The image suggested ...

The toad is considered one of the world’s most destructive invasive species, after being introduced to countries across the globe as a biological control.

Learn how migratory birds travel vast distances, why flyways matter, and how conservation is helping protect them.

A dry summer has left the Bristol Channel island critically short of water, forcing visitor caps and talk of evacuating its 28 residents ...

Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem “Autumn Day” declares, “The huge summer has gone by.” Fall seeps in slowly, but with the daily drop ...

Every year, photographers worldwide capture moments that make us see the world a little differently. The Siena International ...

Seeing an immense number of creatures assembled in one place is a phenomenon worth travelling for. Here’s when, where and how to experience some of nature’s wildest gatherings.

It’s just a day into the Kokoda Track when gastroenteritis strikes, throwing a handbrake on progress through the already overwhelming jungle. For someone on the edge of 60, the physical ­challenge is ...

This week on NewsDepth… NASA launched a new telescope into space. Ohio has one of the most important Air Force research ...

Four hundred years after monks transformed a patch of marshlands in northwest Italy into rice fields, farmer Alice Cerutti has restored a third to their natural state, prioritising biodiversity over ...

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is the kind of place that makes you wonder why you ever spent a Saturday doing ...