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  • A frog in duckweed in Ellon, Aberdeenshire.

    Book of the day
    The Elephant in the Room by Liz Kalaugher review – how we make animals sick

  • A man stands in front of an old wall with plants growing from it

    The age of extinction
    Like the Ritz for wildlife: the joy of recreating England’s ancient hedges

  • The felled oak tree in Whitewebbs Park

    Council plans legal action over ancient London oak felled by Toby Carvery

    Enfield council disputes restaurant chain’s claim 500-year-old tree in Whitewebbs Park was ‘mostly dead’
  • greater glider

    Endangered greater gliders recorded in proposed great koala national park in NSW as logging continues

    Conservation groups call for immediate action to protect wildlife as two-year wait for Labor’s promised creation of park continues
    • Romania says it may have twice as many bears as was thought

    • UK government report calls for taskforce to save England’s historic trees

    • The age of extinction
      Sauntering on streets and grazing on lawns: what happens when rhinos move into town?

  • Breakout Creek at the western end of Adelaide’s River Torrens in March 2025

    Australian climate and environment in focus
    Parched waterways, dead fish and trees ready to give up: historic big dry grips South Australia

  • Two people standing in a wheeled boat, parked on the shore

    Amphibious boat brings Bond-style glamour to RSPB in Northumberland

  • Three men stand in a clearing next to some freshly-felled and split tree trunks.

    Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
    Killed, dismembered and scattered: the Honduran father and son who made a stand against illegal logging

    The country is the most deadly to be an environmental activist – and the brutal murders of Juan Bautista Silva and Juan Antonio Hernández are the latest in a long line of violent acts against defenders
  • A broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), Fathers reef, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.<br>CNT4YG A broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus), Fathers reef, Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea.

    ‘They called it black gold’: but should cuttlefish be on our menus?

    It’s a delicacy in France and Spain, and springing up at the UK’s restaurants, but is the trend for dining on cuttlefish sustainable?
  • Close up of three beavers swimming in a river

    Abandoned lynx, roaming wild boar, ‘beaver bombing’ – has rewilding got out of hand?

    From unauthorised species releases to small groups buying up land, ‘guerrilla rewilding’ is going mainstream. But activists worry that some rogue efforts undermine the work of their movement
  • People stroll along the cliff tops at Birling Gap near Eastbourne, England.

    National Trust bans coaches from East Sussex beauty spot to cut visitor numbers

    More than 600,000 people a year visit Birling Gap, part of Seven Sisters cliffs, which are vulnerable to coastal erosion
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    Last chance
    I’ve seen Australia’s beloved gumtrees dying and it makes me wonder: if they can’t survive, how can we?

    Jess Harwood
    Even the hardy eucalypts are finding their limits as we experience more frequent bushfires, heatwaves and droughts
  • A fading illustration of a koala

    Last chance
    Revealed: nearly 2m hectares of koala habitat bulldozed since 2011 – despite political promises to protect species

    Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystems
  • Matthew Shanks

    Last chance
    Tell us about the people in your community working to protect our endangered species

    While the election is ignoring the issue of Australia’s extinction crisis, volunteers and community groups all around the country are doing their best to save our endangered species. We want to hear about them
    • ‘People love being here’: London development shows harmony between nature and housing

    • Starlings fall to record low in UK’s 2025 Big Garden Birdwatch

    • Toads risk their lives crossing a Somerset road to mate. This year, a patrol rescued thousands

  • Ubirr Sunset, Kakadu National Park

    Last chance
    The Labor party has a legacy of action for the natural world. Now is the time for us to do better

    Felicity Wade
    Addressing the Australian extinction crisis and the decline of our environment will be possible when political leaders embrace it
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