Wildlife & Conservation
Vietnam sets aside karst forests for one of the world’s rarest monkeys
A new reserve in Ninh Binh province protects around 7,500 acres of habitat for the critically endangered Delacour's langur.
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Wildlife & Conservation
Wildlife & Conservation
Kayakers meet a pod of dolphins deep inside Sydney Harbour
Around ten dolphins were seen west of the Harbour Bridge, a rare sighting that scientists say reflects a healthy harbour.
Wildlife & Conservation
Scientists name the first new penguin species in more than a century
Genetic work has split the gentoo into four species, including one found only around the remote Kerguelen Islands.
Wildlife & Conservation
Two new sea spider species found in the Salish Sea
Two sea spiders new to science have been described from the Salish Sea — the first found along that stretch of coast in more than 100 years.
Wildlife & Conservation
100 Countries Now Back the Treaty Protecting Half the Planet’s Ocean
The High Seas Treaty, the first to protect ocean life beyond national borders, now has 100 countries on board.
Wildlife & Conservation
Rhossi the sea turtle flies home from Wales to Texas
Found close to death on a Welsh beach, a critically endangered Kemp’s ridley turtle has completed a 5,000-mile journey back towards the Gulf of Mexico.
Wildlife & Conservation
Ospreys breed on an English RSPB reserve for the first time
Three chicks, named by local schoolchildren, have hatched at Campfield Marsh on the Solway Firth.
Wildlife & Conservation
Nepal’s tiger population climbs to 429
A new census using 1,100 camera traps shows Nepal’s wild tigers have more than tripled since 2010.
Wildlife & Conservation
Orange-lipped ‘Likweli’ confirmed as a new monkey species in Congo
First glimpsed in a blurry photo in 2008, the glossy black colobus with a roaring call is only the fifth new monkey species found in Africa in 75 years.
Wildlife & Conservation
Beavers have stopped a London Tube station from flooding
Since five beavers were released in Ealing, their dams have turned a patch of west London into a wetland and ended regular flooding at Greenford station.