Nature

Oysters return to the Firth of Forth

An "extinct" animal has been found alive and well in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. Oysters were thought to have died out in the area decades ago but specimens were found at a secret location.

Inside Nature

Red alert: scientists identify 17,000 endangered species

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Conservation groups warn of 'alarming' loss of biodiversity as thousands of animals face imminent extinction

How scientists cracked puzzle of Falklands wolf

Monday, 2 November 2009

Steve Connor: Its origin may finally have been solved, 175 years after it puzzled Charles Darwin.

Wildlife crime: The killing fields

Sunday, 1 November 2009

They call us a nation of animal lovers, yet attacks on creatures in their natural habitats have more than doubled across Britain in a year.

Graphic: The real climate culprits?

Sunday, 1 November 2009

Graphic: Wildlife crime soars

Sunday, 1 November 2009

What lies beneath the rainforest

Saturday, 31 October 2009

You want the Amazon to survive? Then pay us not to pump the oil, says Ecuador. Huw Hennessy in Quito reports on a bold initiative

'Beautiful plague' of budgies descends on Outback

Thursday, 29 October 2009

Many people believe the budgerigar's natural habitat is a pet shop. In fact, the bird is a native of the Australian outback, and locals there are saying they have rarely seen flocks of the size that are descending on Queensland this year. Some are calling it a "beautiful plague".

Michael McCarthy: Butterflies to make the heart beat faster

Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Environment Notebook: I'd have given anything to see them. I'd have been elated. I could taste the elation in advance

Illegal logging responsible for loss of 10 million hectares in Indonesia

Monday, 26 October 2009

Lush tropical rainforest once covered almost all of Indonesia's 17,000 islands between the Indian and Pacific oceans. And just half a century ago, 80 per cent remained. But since then, rampant logging and burning has destroyed nearly half that cover, and made the country the world's third largest emitter of greenhouses gases after the US and China.