Phoebe Weston

Exclusive: data reveals hundreds of UK nests have been raided in the past decade amid growing appetite to own prized birds for racing and breeding

More than 60 000 penguins in colonies off the coast of South Africa have starved to death as a result of disappearing sardines, a new paper has found.

In this week’s newsletter: Conservationists have seen nests raided around the country to match demand from the Middle East

Earlier this week we published an investigation that found hundreds of UK peregrine falcon nests have been raided in the past decade, in order to

"Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tracking their movements"

The whole ecosystem inside a cave feeds off guano, dead bats, or any dead animals on the ground. It’s not for the faint-hearted

Every summer, people descend on the wildflower capital of Colorado to see grasslands flush with corn lilies, aspen sunflowers and sub-alpine larkspur.

A long-running experiment in Colorado provides an ‘alarming’ view of how rapidly unchecked global heating could transform fragile ecosystems

Every summer, people descend on the wildflower capital of Colorado to see grasslands flush with corn lilies, aspen sunflowers and sub-alpine larkspur.

“It’s a profound change in the ecosystem."