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Since 1985, the country’s toad population has almost halved, with hundreds of thousands killed on the roads each year. But many people are determined to protect them – including 274 dedicated patrol groups

Birdsville sets new high as BoM forecasts more record hot weather, with heatwave warnings in place in some states

Set up by three ‘eco-anxious’ farmers, WildEast has created UK-wide version of pledge to encourage people to restore nature

Tens of thousands evacuated amid significant damage from intense rainfall and storm surge

Research project team say Labour’s proposed nature restoration fund would end up being a ‘pay-to-destroy system’

Snettisham, Norfolk: The spectacle is magnificent enough, but this time it was the sounds that moved me, of curlews, whimbrels, skylarks and knots

Multiple locations across Australia’s eastern states are facing temperatures up to 18C above average over the coming week, BoM says

In a hidden valley in the French Alps, conservationists are quietly raising Europe’s largest bird of prey – the bearded vulture – once wiped out from these mountains. After a century away, it is once again soaring again over the Alps, but its comeback still depends on human care.

According to planning conditions, Wolborough Fen in Newton Abbot must be protected as groundworks are prepared for 1,200 homes