A 2019 study found juvenile green turtles in a UAE protected area spent over 80% of their time in a man-made basin, showing how engineered habitats can aid conservation when connected to natural ecosystems.
Conservationists have moved 3,400 one-flowered wintergreen plants from an eroding Moray shoreline to Culbin Forest in one of the UK's largest plant rescues, aiming to save a genetically unique species.
Scientists have identified Laimosemion laranja, a tiny orange-patterned killifish in the Brazilian Amazon, but its entire known habitat of just 25 square kilometers is under siege from mining, deforestation, and urban pollution.
Four of six captive-bred juvenile broad-headed snakes have survived their first months in the wild.
At least eight protected birds, including a Booted Eagle, have been illegally shot in Italy since the hunting season reopened on September 20, 2026.
Rewilding Europe is expanding its Wilder Seascapes approach to restore coastal ecosystems across Europe, while the European Commission faces backlash for planning to revisit the Birds and Habitats Directives despite strong opposition.
New research reveals crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks on the Great Barrier Reef occur roughly every 15 years.
A seven-year experimental study shows that applying heparin and dextran sulfate to developing luna moths alters wing shape and shifts color patterns from cryptic to aposematic, revealing the role of the wingless gene in wing evolution.
Nestlé and BirdLife Europe & Central Asia have begun a three-and-a-half-year science collaboration to measure how regenerative agriculture affects farmland biodiversity, using birds as key indicators. The initiative launches against a backdrop of a 58% decline in European farmland bird populations since 1980.
Scientists have documented a persistent, year-round aggregation of over 2.8 million basketwork eels on Patience Seamount, a reproductive hotspot within a recovering marine protected area.
A highly pathogenic avian influenza virus is causing rapid declines in vulture populations across multiple continents, threatening an essential ecosystem service. At least 16 of the 23 vulture species are now of conservation concern, with confirmed deaths in the Americas and Europe.
Scientists have identified Dianjunus rex, a fungus growing up to 20 inches tall and weighing nearly five pounds, as the largest known in its phylum.
The small Azorean island of Corvo switches off all public lighting for five autumn nights to prevent fatal disorientation in young Cory's shearwaters, a globally significant seabird species.
The UK government has approved the Jackdaw gasfield, a decision made during a byelection and used as domestic political messaging.
Rapid warming in Svalbard is causing severe glacial ice loss and permafrost thaw, damaging infrastructure and contaminating water supplies in Longyearbyen, forcing the community of 2,600 to adapt.
Global carbon emissions stalled in 2025 despite climate pledges, putting the world on a path to 2.6C of warming and forcing urgent calls for deep methane cuts to protect ecosystems.
A new study finds marbled murrelet chicks take eight days longer to fledge when ocean conditions are poor, reducing feeding frequency and increasing predation risk for the threatened seabird.
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