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It’s a grim and all too common sight for rangers at some of Africa’s nature reserves: the bullet-riddled carcass of an elephant, its tusks removed by poachers. African elephant populations have fallen by about 30% since 2006. Poaching has driven the decline.

OSAKA -- The endangered Japanese eel has been confirmed for the first time to be living in the Dotonbori River in the Minami area of Osaka City, according to a local research institute.

South Australian authorities warn the public to be on alert after an increase in the number of cases of mosquito-borne viruses detected in people and mosquitoes.

Mountains are home to more than 85% of the world’s amphibian, bird and mammal species. Lowland slopes are rich in animal and plant species. And rugged, high-elevation environments, although lacking such biological diversity, play a key role in maintaining biodiversity in the wider mountain catchment area.

Half a million of these striking birds arrive in Britain in autumn to take advantage of the mild climate

Millers Dale, Derbyshire: Once I’d seen it, I could notice nothing else as it snaked up every tree and clambered across the ground

An endangered Mexican gray wolf has roamed beyond the species’ recovery area into the more northern reaches of New Mexico

Should it be given the green light for use in Australia, it would eliminate a significant risk and expense for our embattled honey bee industry.

A bid to breed an "ambassador" population of the endangered spotted handfish in captivity in Melbourne has been so successful, there are hopes the program may grow enough to return some to the wild.

Study suggests 23m years of evolutionary history could be wiped out if the island’s endangered mammals go extinct

Mammal has been sent to Natural History Museum for examination