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The birds have not been seen for at least a decade – some for more than 100 years – but the authors of a new list of missing species have not given up hope

Beavers’ dams have created more places for water voles to hide from predators and hopefully flourish, say experts

Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: They like crevices in old brickwork, which is harder to come by these days, so my father has drilled holes and inserted canes to help

A new study found evidence that elephants have their own names that they use to address each other. This could help scientists better understand animal intelligence.

Laxey Bay, Isle of Man: This protected marine area is doing better than most, but there remains one rather foul problem to address

Explore the impact of bird flu on various animal species and the potential risks associated with cross-species transmission and viral mutations.

Cicada chaos is flourishing and flying in the American Midwest

What stands out during a cicada invasion is the sound

More than half of endangered animal and plant species in France are not adequately protected, according to a new report by a French environmental research body.

Birth control is being trialled as a humane way to limit growing numbers of grey squirrels, pigeons and wild boar

Australia contains some of the world’s most biologically diverse and carbon-dense native forests. Eucalypts in wet temperate forests are the tallest flowering plants in the world and home to an array of unique tree-dwelling marsupials, rare birds, insects, mosses, fungi and lichen, many of which have not even been catalogued…