Natural World

We were overwhelmed by the stunning standard of over 400 entries that we received for the UAE nature photography competition… but there could only be one winner

As our world continues to warm, the foods we rely on will become more scarce and those with the least, will be hit the hardest.

The world’s largest land mammal is still struggling to be herd. On World Elephant Day we blow the trumpet for these magnificent megafauna…

From wildfires in Syria to droughts in Iraq and Iran, the Middle East is feeling the sting of global warming and the climate crisis more acutely than many other regions. Is there a way out?

Speared, poisoned and poached for their body parts, lions are becoming increasingly vulnerable and could be extinct by 2050 if we don’t help save them

From the shocking discovery that we consume around a credit card’s worth of microplastics every week, to the fact plastics are in the air that we breathe, there are many reasons why we need to turn the tap off on plastic waste

Is there a solution to the complex relationship between our dinner plates and the health of our marine ecosystems, and can our growing demand for seafood really ever be sustainable?

Ben Lamm is a man on a Jurassic Park-style mission to bring the woolly mammoth – and the dodo – back from the dead.

Meet the Black Mambas, a team of 36 young African women who protect 20,000 hectares of South Africa’s Greater Kruger National Park, safeguarding the world’s largest population of rhinos