The specimen Rapp caught was an adult female he estimated to be about an inch to an inch and a half long. According to the ...

Pesticides are significantly harming wildlife across the planet, stunting growth, damaging reproduction and even causing ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

I finally address a gap in my knowledge: butterflies. To do this, I'm using a field guide to try to find what has gone ...

Researchers at Utrecht University studied the motives that play a role in selecting extinct animals for ‘de-extinction’.

For over a hundred years, the South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris) was thought to have vanished from Brazil’s coastal ...

Working with horticultural conservation charity Plant Heritage, the RHS has released details of three daffodils in particular ...

The Shoreditch-based festival's chief executive looks forward to presenting the cross-disciplinary work of “good, clever ...

The Royal Horticultural Society is asking gardeners to keep an eye on their flowerbeds for very rare missing flower varieties ...

With a history going back millions of years, the monogamous bird, often referred to as the ‘master of reforestation’ is now critically endangered ...

SWT introduced Herdwick sheep and Belted Galloway cattle to the grazing marsh. These animals will improve the plant diversity ...

Video footage showed the male orangutan roaming across a chasm of sand streaked with white and black rocks. Read more at ...