‘Les P’tits Kipik’: Inside a Paris suburb’s unlikely hedgehog sanctuary
By Angela Symons with AP Published on 23/03/2026 – 7:02 GMT+1 A French woman created a hedgehog rescue centre at her…
Inside the revival of Auckland’s inner-city heritage shopping arcades
“Everyone used to come into town to meet on a Friday night. People didn’t have the big shopping…
For Antarctic Penguins, Molting Can Now Be Deadly
Emperor penguins can’t skip their annual wardrobe change, and that may now be killing them. A new…
‘It’s a real New Zealand duty to save these birds’: Berry harvest brings hope for beloved kakapo
By Charlotte Graham-McLay with AP Published on 27/02/2026 – 7:02 GMT+1 The world’s only flightless parrot species was once thought to…
Giant tortoises are returning to this Galápagos island nearly 150 years after they went extinct
By César Olmos with AP Published on 24/02/2026 – 7:02 GMT+1 Nearly 150 years after the last giant tortoises were removed…
‘Extraordinary’ trove of ancient species found in China quarry
Han described “wonderful experiences when we realised that those animals were right there on the rock”. “Many fossils…
Did Humans Nearly Go Extinct 900,000 Years Ago? A Biologist Explains
At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what…
Meet The Silver-Backed Chevrotain — A Mouse-Deer That Vanished For 25 Years, Rediscovered By A Camera Trap
Once written off as extinct, the silver-backed chevrotain forces scientists to confront how much of biodiversity still lives…
14,400-Year-Old Woolly Rhinoceros Genome Shows No Evidence of Recent Inbreeding
The woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis) is a cold-adapted herbivore that went extinct around 14,000 years ago, but little…
From ‘psychedelic’ spiders to European eels: 10 species heading into 2026 on the brink of extinction
Conservationists warn the world can “no longer afford” to delay climate action to protect and restore our planet’s…
Top new species from 2025
Scientists described several new species this past year, including a tiny marsupial, a Himalayan bat, an ancient…
How the hunt for a perfect picture has pushed the ‘magical’ galaxy frog towards extinction
Published on 20/12/2025 – 8:00 GMT+1 A group of endangered galaxy frogs, famed for their striking blue speckles…