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Mountains are home to more than 85% of the world’s amphibian, bird and mammal species. Lowland slopes are rich in animal and plant species. And rugged, high-elevation environments, although lacking such biological diversity, play a key role in maintaining biodiversity in the wider mountain catchment area.

Half a million of these striking birds arrive in Britain in autumn to take advantage of the mild climate

Millers Dale, Derbyshire: Once I’d seen it, I could notice nothing else as it snaked up every tree and clambered across the ground

An endangered Mexican gray wolf has roamed beyond the species’ recovery area into the more northern reaches of New Mexico

A bid to breed an "ambassador" population of the endangered spotted handfish in captivity in Melbourne has been so successful, there are hopes the program may grow enough to return some to the wild.

Study suggests 23m years of evolutionary history could be wiped out if the island’s endangered mammals go extinct

Mammal has been sent to Natural History Museum for examination

Marine ecosystems have a valuable role to play in mitigating the effects of climate change. That’s because such ecosystems – and, particularly, vegetated tidal ecosystems like mangroves and salt marshes – capture and store a significant amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO₂). CO₂ has accumulated in Earth’s atmosphere at unprecedented…

Hannah Stephenson asks Gemma Golding, the newly appointed RHS senior ecologist, how gardeners can become ‘nature positive’.

Environmental groups and opponents of offshore wind energy want a federal investigation into the deaths of six whales that have washed ashore in New Jersey and New York in little over a month

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A young humpback whale that washed up on an Atlantic City beach on Saturday had evidence of a head injury, a large hematoma located just behind the blow hole, an official from the Marine Mammal Stranding Center said Monday.