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The arachnid plays an important role in the leaf litter ecosystem, helping to control insect populations

One bird bucks the stereotype of Australia’s raucous parrots – the mysterious and critically endangered night parrot (Pezoporus occidentalis). Rather than flying around in noisy flocks or eating fruit in trees, the night parrot roosts all day in a clump of sharp spinifex grass. When darkness falls, it scurries about…

Invasive house mice threaten endangered seabirds and wildlife on Marion Island in Indian Ocean

It has been demonstrated that coral reefs can grow remarkably well on artificial substrates made from sunken battleships.

TV historian Dan Snow has joined the hunt for the remnants of the animal

France’s highest administrative body has ordered the government to better protect endangered dolphins and porpoises in a French industrial fishing hub in the Atlantic Ocean that has become controversial over links to mass deaths of cetaceans in recent years

New research suggests that inbreeding may be a key reason that the Pacific Northwest’s endangered population of killer whales has failed to recover despite decades of conservation efforts

Historian Dan Snow assembled team to ‘secure the shark for science’ but head, tail and fin were gone

How did the latest mass fish kill happen? How does it differ from previous events and how can we stop it happening again?

A major new United Nations report being released Monday is expected to provide a sobering reminder that time is running out if humanity wants to avoid passing a dangerous global warming threshold.

‘Beaver safaris’ will allow Londoners to see the giant rodents in their new habitat