Natural World

The rare red pandas are part of a breeding programme run by Longleat Safari Park

A family of orcas have struck fear into sailors in Orca Alley between southern Spain and North Africa by ramming their boat but experts insist it is just the killer whales’ playful behaviour

From broken forest homes to reserves that are beacons of hope, can bonobos, our closest living relatives in the animal kingdom, cling on to survival?

A new study suggests only 10 critically endangered vaquitas are left in the wild, prompting an extinction alert

Coral in the Maldives is at risk from rising sea temperatures and pollution but marine biologist Katelyn Hegarty-Kelly says there are ways we can all do our bit to save this precious ecosystem

July 26th welcomes International Day for the Conservation of Mangroves, so let’s jump knee deep into the salty swamps that protect not only the atmosphere but also our coastlines

As Marine Week kicks off, we take a look at some of the tech projects being developed around the world to cool our oceans – but could they have unintended consequences on the world’s seas?

Fossil fuel emissions must be reduced to counter deadly climate-change-induced heatwave and wildfires, say scientists

Every day NASA tracks thousands of asteroids – some the size of sky scrapers, houses and buses – to ensure they don’t come too near Earth and has even carried out a mission to successfully divert a huge space rock