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Rescuing Whales: Hope and Innovation in a Changing Ocean

How underwater microphones, weighted fishing lines and Antarctica-bound activists are coming to the rescue of the planet’s embattled whales.

by Sarah Freeman

Cryo-Conservation: Biobanking Endangered Animal Cells To Save Them From Extinction

Dr Tullis Matson is storing cells from critically endangered or extinct animals in suspended animation so that he can bring them back to life in the future

by Nick Harding

7 Ethical Wildlife Sanctuaries to Visit (That Actually Help Animals)

From watching orphaned baby elephants at feeding time in Kenya, to seeing injured Koalas cared for in Australia, these sanctuaries are some of the most ethical in the world

by Anthea Ayache

Rescued Ukraine Lions Set for New Home in English Countryside

Five lions rescued from Ukraine are due to arrive at a specially-built new ‘forever home’ in Kent, England next month

by Nick Ames

Street Art Badger Photo Steals the Spotlight in People’s Choice Award

A badger glancing up at Banksy-style graffiti has won the Natural History Museum’s 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award

by Nick Ames

Our Brains Are Now 99.5% Human—And 0.5% Plastic

Human brain samples contain an entire spoon’s worth of nanoplastics, study says

by Anthea Ayache

Conservation Triumph: India’s Tigers Are Roaring Back

The country is now home to 75 per cent of the world’s wild tigers after a conservation win has seen them double numbers of the wild cat

by Anthea Ayache

Arctic in Crisis: North Pole Temperatures Surge 20°C Above Normal

Temperatures at the North Pole recently surged 20°C above the long-term average, marking one of the most extreme winter warming […]

by Claire Wills

What Lies Beneath: How The Mysterious Twilight Zone Could Save Our Oceans

Earth’s last great wilderness beneath the waves is crucial in regulating the global climate by removing planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere but even the Twilight Zone is now under threat

by Sarah Freeman