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Up to 72 percent of coral found dead on 12 of 19 surveyed reefs in the north of the world’s largest living structure.

A French environmental organisation is advocating for the creation of an international protection zone for the whale shark in the South Atlantic – between Cape Verde and Saint Helena. The project has recently gained the support of the sailing community through the Vendée Globe Foundation.

Caister St Edmund, Norfolk: Dozens of deer and hares are out in the fields, grazing in relative safety, and Dad is especially excited to see mating slugs

Australia is a world-leader in species extinction and environmental decline. So great is the problem, the federal government now wants to harness money from the private sector to pay for nature repair.

The slender-billed curlew could be the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe, north Africa and west Asia.

Scientists find last irrefutable sighting of the slender-billed curlew was in February 1995 in Morocco

Otterspool, Merseyside: This is land built on waste-tips and spoil, but wildlife is thriving. Perhaps one day the otters will return, too

At least 100 white-clawed crayfish, the UK’s only native species, have been found dead since the end of September

Scientists are demanding action over findings a third of native freshwater fish species populations are under threat.