Conservation

First they were hit by claims they planned to cull wallabies on the Scottish island they are buying, triggering uproar.

Now the broadcaster Kirsty Young and her husband, the Soho House founder Nick Jones, have been hit by another hurdle: a formal objection from the Woodland Trust against their plans to chop down scores of trees on Inchconnachan, an idyllic, heavily wooded island on Loch Lomond.

The couple’s quest to restore Inchconnachan, owned until now by the same aristocratic Scottish family for more than 700 years, to its wild, natural beauty is under fire from a host of influential critics.

A successful pregnancy for Elizabeth Ann may help ensure her species avoids extinction.

Local vets collaborated with an international team to figure out why the animal was dazed and wandering near the capital city.

This cute little pup is the first giant anteater to be born at Dudley Zoo, in Birmingham, for 85 years!

The baby – who doesn’t have a name yet – was born on 17 January and keepers say it is “healthy and alert”.

Its parents Lyra and Bubbles surprised keepers when they found out they had had a baby, but said it was “fabulous news”.

Paignton Zoo in Devon, is the latest organisation to team up with a charity, called Nature’s Safe, which cryogenically freezes genetic samples of animals.

So far, the charity has made a ‘biobank’ of frozen samples from around 80 different species at its laboratories.

Nature’s Safe is one of Europe’s first biobanks dedicated to preserving endangered animals in this way.

Chester Zoo, along with scientists at the University of Surrey, are starting a world first vaccine trial that could save the lives of many poorly young elephants!

The vaccine is designed to protect against a deadly disease called elephant endotheliotrophic herpes virus (EEHV) which affects some elephant calves.

The animals are set to move to a new location, when Bristol Zoo Gardens closes the doors of its site for good in September, which has been open since 1836

A Conservative MP who said eagles are not welcome in his constituency had his election campaign funded by a shooting estate, the Guardian can reveal.

The West Dorset MP, Chris Loder, caused outrage when he seemed to imply police should not be prioritising the investigation of the recent death of an endangered white-tailed eagle, found dead on an estate in his constituency.

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