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Conservationists say Canvey Wick in Essex shows potential for brownfield sites as havens for nature

Yes, they can be hard to spot – but this find in Australia highlights how little we know about creatures crucial to our ecosystem, writes entomologist Gwen Pearson

Prof Miles Richardson says people risk ‘extinction of experience’ in the natural world without new policies

The powerful sounds made by blue whales help them communicate with partners or signal the discovery of abundant food.

Beneath the turquoise waters of Vanuatu, amid a graveyard of broken coral, a moray eel peers from the branches of a staghorn colony. Nearby, the feathered arms of a yellow sea lily sway in the current and a turtle grazes on algae growing along the reef. These flickers of life…

Researchers say distinct frequency is ‘great news’ as it will allow their nests to be located with greater ease

Sightings confirmed in County Durham and Suffolk as southern small white flutters in from European mainland

Wildlife experts warn huge facility on the Valdés peninsula in Patagonia could be devastating for ‘a treasure chest of wildlife’

Social media post led to discovery that samplers measuring toxic particles in air can also detect fragments of DNA

Overall clearing was up 3%, with almost half in Great Barrier Reef catchment areas while 21% was remnant woodland, government data shows

Researchers found female gorillas avoid males they grew up with when moving and look for females they already know