Wildlife & Conservation
A new species of walking shark has been found in Papua New Guinea
Dudgeon’s walking shark uses its fins to stride across reef flats at low tide, and is the tenth walking shark known to science.
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Wildlife & Conservation
Wildlife & Conservation
Platypuses are breeding again in Australia’s oldest national park
Half a century after they vanished, reintroduced platypuses in Sydney’s Royal National Park have grown to at least 20.
Wildlife & Conservation
Kiwi are thriving in the hills of Wellington after a century away
A community-led project has returned 250 kiwi to New Zealand’s capital, where nine in ten chicks now survive thanks to thousands of stoat traps.
Wildlife & Conservation
Golden eagles set to return to northern England with £1m backing
The government has funded a recovery programme after a study found eight areas of England could support the birds again.
Wildlife & Conservation
Orkney’s voles, hen harriers and owls thrive as stoat project nears its goal
Removing invasive stoats from the islands has brought the rare Orkney vole to its highest levels on record, with the birds that hunt it following close behind.
Wildlife & Conservation
Rhinos return to Uganda’s Kidepo Valley for the first time since 1983
Four southern white rhinos have been moved from the Ziwa sanctuary to one of Africa’s wildest parks, with more to follow.
Wildlife & Conservation
Japan’s red-crowned crane is no longer a threatened species
Once thought extinct in Japan, the elegant tanchō has grown from 33 birds to nearly 2,000 thanks to decades of winter feeding and protection.
Wildlife & Conservation
Bird species up 261% on rewilded land across Scotland
A study of sites in the Northwoods Rewilding Network found breeding territories, pollinators and nectar plants all multiplying.
Wildlife & Conservation
Giant tortoises return to Floreana island after 150 years
158 young tortoises carrying the genes of the island’s lost species have been released, the first of hundreds planned to restore Floreana’s ecosystem.
Wildlife & Conservation
Fish in the Yangtze have more than doubled since China’s fishing ban
Halfway through a 10-year moratorium, Asia’s longest river is showing a strong recovery, including better prospects for the rare Yangtze finless porpoise.