The Latest Breaking News on Nature

Witton-le-Wear, County Durham: A chance encounter with this fine, unobtrusive bird reminds us that there is wisdom in stillness

Western European population has risen 25% with ban and some UK sites have seen promising increases

It’s just past midnight in the cool, ancient forests of Tasmania. We’ve spent a long day and night surveying endangered Tasmanian devils. All around, small animals scurry through bushes. A devil calls in the darkness. Microbats swoop and swirl as a spotted-tailed quoll slips through the shadows. Working here is…

Some enthusiasts have been waiting for hours in New Hythe, Kent, to catch a glimpse of the yellow warbler.

That could already be hurting animals that are grazers

School chaplain remembered as ‘truly a beloved figure’

Frome, Somerset: Driven out from here centuries ago, they are a presence once more – just don’t expect an easy sighting

Part of an international initiative to combat organised wildlife crime, similar seizures in Australia and Norway have recovered more than 50,000 eggs

What began as a childhood hobby more than six decades ago has led to what might be Africa’s largest butterfly collection in a suburb of Kenya’s capital

Southern right whales regularly live for over a century — a fact that changes the way we need to think about conservation, and age.

Footage shows the mysterious killer whales patrolling a submarine canyon off Monterey, Ca. "There were fins everywhere we looked."