Mexico’s deadly toll of environment and land defenders catalogued in report
At least 83 Mexican land and environment defenders were murdered between 2012 and 2019, while hundreds…
Why not encourage cycling during the coronavirus lockdown?
It’s an increasingly urgent question for those who still have to travel into work, or to…
Country diary: yellowhammers woo their mates with a local song
A raven greets me at the gateway, a tutelary spirit flying low overhead. I’m on the…
Taxi! Endangered New Zealand seabirds get a lift to safety after crash landing in fog
A taxi driver in New Zealand has swapped drunken revellers for wayward seabirds in an attempt…
‘The forest is everything’: indigenous tribes in India battle to save their home from Adani – in pictures
The Adani-managed Parsa East and Kanta Basan open-cut coalmine carved out of the Hasdeo Arand forest…
Win for conservation as African black rhino numbers rise
Numbers of African black rhinos in the wild have risen by several hundred, a rare boost…
UK nature reserves stay open for springtime solace during crisis
The Wildlife Trusts, National Trust and RSPB have assured the public that their nature reserves remain…
‘We have no options’: how water scarcity is changing south Iraq
Basel washing his hands in Faihaa school, Basra old city. Access to clean water has become…
Inside the DRC’s safe haven for endangered primates
A passenger looks at the hills of South Kivu from a boat bound for the city…
‘Wonderchicken’: oldest fossil of modern bird discovered
Experts have discovered a fossil of the world’s oldest known modern bird – a diminutive creature…