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Shark finning – the practice of removing the fins from a captured shark and discarding the rest, often still alive, back into the ocean – is banned in many countries due to its inhumane and unsustainable nature. However, these fins are highly valued for their use in shark fin soup,…

Create the perfect ‘little garden’ by planting something a bit different on your ledge

A loss of trees and natural hollows is leading to a decline in the mammals that inhabit the spaces in northern Australia, sparking extinction fears.

Renowned for a thriving and intricately studied population of around 900 red deer, the Isle of Rum, part of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, is often considered an outdoor laboratory for scientific research. But the earthworms on Rum are equally remarkable. These invertebrates act as “ecosystem engineers”, actively shaping the landscape, often…

AN exhibition on reintroducing lynx to the UK is set to tour southern Scotland in a bid to drum up support for the project.

New study warns human medication in UK waters is harming animals

Up to 90% ‘lost in the blink of an eye’, say scientists studying Cyclone Ilsa’s effect on birds on Western Australian island

Blue colouration is relatively rare in ants, scientists say

Addiction, anxiety and sex reversal have been reported in species by researchers as a range of substances contaminates ecosystems

Last week, the Albanese government introduced legislation to create a new statutory body called Environment Information Australia. The bill is due for debate in parliament today. The government clearly expects the bill will pass, because the new body has already been allocated A$54 million over four years in the May…

Porlock, Somerset: Above us, the annual tour of younger red kites across the West Country has begun. Below (and unrelated), another population explosion is of concern