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Highly diverse and charismatic, these creatures deserve recognition as a sixth great extinction dawns

A team of 25 international scientists has proposed a strategy to prevent future pandemics by conserving natural habitats and promoting biodiversity. The plan seeks to ensure sufficient food and space for the disease-harbouring animals to limit contact and transfer of pathogens to humans.

Smalltooth sawfish are behaving oddly, eliciting a first-ever plan to rescue and rehabilitate the species from the wild

Exopack is a biodiversity project developed with designer Sabine Marcelis, supporting the research of undiscovered and critically endangered insects in the Amazon

Mild weather brings out slimy creatures. Protect plants, but remember snails and slugs are vital for a healthy ecosystem

Discover the fascinating world of sandalwood, a vulnerable species with unique growth challenges and medicinal properties.

Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway: The woodland has come alive with jays, woodpeckers, nuthatches and the rest – but it’s the reptilian grey heron that stands out

Nothing can beat this cuteness: a sleepy hippo enjoys gentle underwater cuddles from a group of tiny, colorful fish. The post Sleepy, Cute And So Satisfying To Watch: Hippos Enjoying Underwater Spa first appeared on Bored Panda.

Mechanism unpicked that allows black-capped chickadees to stash and relocate huge quantities of food

Biden administration reinstates rules to protect imperiled species, facing criticism and praise for changes to the Endangered Species Act.

West Dartmoor, Devon: They must have got into my house last autumn, and now they’re emerging in a wonderful variety of markings and spot numbers