Conservation

Ministers face legal challenge over rules for shooting wild birds

Last-ditch effort under way to stop corncrake extinction in Britain

New species described in 2022

The Once-Extinct Auroch May Soon Roam Europe Again

Global count estimates Earth has 73,000 tree species – 14% more than reported

Crocodiles turn on humans amid Iran water crisis

Chris Packham and a campaign to “rewild the royals” have had a “really good” meeting with the crown estate to ask it to consider pledging a slice of its 615,000 acres to wild nature.

London mayor releases £600,000 funding to help create green rooftops and reintroduce lost species.

Feline good! Man gets a tender morning cuddle from the fully-grown lion he rescued as a sickly cub

Montana wildlife officials could soon allow grizzly bear hunting in areas around Glacier and Yellowstone national parks, if states in the US northern Rockies succeed in their attempts to lift federal protections for the animals.

Grizzlies in the region have been protected as a threatened species since 1975 and were shielded from hunting for most of that time. But several states are pushing for restrictions to be eased.