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Tiny Detectives: How Trained Rats Are Battling Wildlife Trafficking

The sniffer rats are able to detect pangolin scales, rhino horns and elephant tusks

by Nick Ames

Can You Eat Meat and Still Be an Environmentalist?

Does having the ‘occasional’ cheeseburger or slice of meat on your pizza dent your eco-credentials or can you fall off a vegan diet and still show you care for the planet? The Ethicalist investigates…

by Mike Peake

Will Selfies, Electrocution and Deforestation Fast-track Sloths – the World’s Slowest Mammal – To Extinction?

Can sniffer dogs, tracking backpacks and sloth crossings can keep these tree-living critters tucked safely away in the canopy where they belong. Words

by Sarah Freeman

The Shocking Donkey Skin Trade Scandal: Why Millions Are Being Killed To Cure Insomnia

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Criminal gangs are slaughtering donkeys to make ejiao for Chinese medicine to ‘cure’ a dry cough and aid sleep

by Nick Harding

Vulnerable and Overlooked: The Toll of Climate Change on the World’s Poorest Nations

On International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we look at the countries disproportionately affected by climate change, where extreme weather events are worsening poverty and threatening livelihoods

by Anthea Ayache

Parched Earth: Are We Running Out of Water?

It covers 70 per cent of the earth’s surface but climate change, deforestation, intensive agriculture and construction mean a global water crisis is looming…

by Nick Harding

Room to Roam: Bison Thrive as Bridges Keep Kent’s Wildlife and Walkers Apart

The new walkways will give Kent’s reintroduced bison an extra 150 hectares of free roaming terrain

by Nick Ames

Relocation, Relocation, Relocation For Climate Migrants: Where Can You Escape The Climate Crisis?

There is nowhere on our planet that will not experience climatic shifts as a result of global warming, however some places will be more habitable than others. We examine the best options for climate migrants to relocate to in a changing world

by Caitriona McBride

Does Your Child Have Nature-Deficit Disorder?

As urbanisation forces social media-obsessed youngsters indoors, encouraging them to eschew nature to spend all their time online, entire generations are suffering from diminished use of the senses, attention difficulties and higher rates of physical and emotional illnesses

by Christine Fieldhouse