Rebecca Speare-Cole

ShareAction warned the banks they can expect to see shareholder action next year if they fail to meet investor expectations for greener practices.

An international body of experts say biodiversity loss, water and food insecurity, health risks and climate change should not be addressed in silos.

New finds of toothy toadstools from the UK, orchids from across Indonesia and climbers from tropical Asia are among the list of more than 170 species.

Natural History Museum scientists and their partners across the world named almost 200 species in the last 12 months.

A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown that have been named this year.

New finds include a snake from the Indian Himalayas named after actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio and the piranha named after Lord Of The Rings villain Sauron

Scientists from the Natural History Museum (NHM) and their global partners have discovered almost 200 previously unknown species over the past

· 3-min read The Government has set out plans to end the use of three pesticides that are lethally toxic to bees and other vital pollinators.

Funding and depopulation are putting a strain on projects that could take years if not decades to yield meaningful change.

A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown that have been named this year.