Natural World

In an historic ruling, the New York Court of Appeals rules Asian elephant must stay in zoo but two of the judges claim captivity is cruel

Scotland’s forested land has tripled in the last century creating wildlife habits, better air quality and battling climate change

A number of camels are starving to death, being poisoned by toxins, or having their internal organs ripped apart after eating plastic

World Rainforest Day raises awareness that these critical spaces are home to half the world’s animal and plant species yet the size of 40 football fields is lost every minute of every day

If urgent action is not taken around 700 million people will be displaced by drought by 2030

Sea turtles, the world’s oldest species are under serious threat but one man – the UAE’s Sheikh Fahim Al Qasimi – affectionately known as the Turtle Sheikh, is on a mission to save them

They’ve been successfully rewilded in France, Switzerland and Germany so could the once extinct lynx make a return to England to create an eco-tourist big cat territory?

Rescue rats strapped with microphones in mini backpacks, are being trained to locate earthquake victims stuck under the rubble

Being named after an A-lister might seem fitting for a newly discovered insect, plant or animal but what happens when the celebrity becomes unpopular?