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With the Clifton site closed, zoo staff are grappling with logistics of moving 300 species to new homes

Peta says ‘conservation is a con’ but zoos point to their role as educators despite evidence children learn little from them

EFFORTS to counter “Tory attacks on nature” are to receive a new £2.9m package of funding measures, Scottish Green​ co-leader Lorna Slater…

Only 5% of species now expected to survive as disease hits harder than first thought and prevention costs mount

The African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis), the African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) and the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) are all highly threatened species. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has identified poaching, habitat loss, and human-elephant conflict as threats common to the species.

Causes being researched but likely included increased predation and stresses from warmer water

Lost nets, lines and hooks trap wildlife for years as they float in the ocean, sink to the bottom or are washed ashore

As grizzly bears fatten up in advance of hibernation, some might wonder what features are important for grizzlies as they seek den sites. "It's the view!"

A photograph of suburban red foxes, a hopeful quip on perch, a question on hummingbird feeders, and Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge’s 75th celebration are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.