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Wildlife populations around the world have dropped nearly 70 percent in the last 50 years, according to the latest World Wildlife Fund index, which says the culprits are habitat degradation due to human development, along with farming, pollution, climate change and disease.

A new wave of primates could be taking an 'evolutionary leap' thanks to climate change and deforestation.

Wildlife has an amazing ability to recover – but only if we keep vital legal protections in place, says academic Sophie Ledger

Commuters were treated to an unusual sight when a small female echidna decided to take a trip to Adelaide Railway Station.

WWF has called for legislation to take deforestation-linked products off UK shelves.

WWF calls for urgent action as landmark report on wildlife populations shows ‘terrifying’ decline across the world.

Two per cent of all fishing gear used worldwide ends up polluting the oceans, our new research finds. To put that into perspective, the amount of longline fishing gear littering the ocean each year can circle the Earth more than 18 times.

Government’s oceans review also presents grim picture of species under threat of extinction including seabirds and mammals

‘We’re not tracking the way we need to. We’re not addressing the key threats, we’re not implementing laws, and put simply, there’s just not enough money.’