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The taxi shudders uphill into a forest teeming with life. Palm fronds sag over the road like heavy, slick hands, and flashes of green birds flicker between the trees.

The recent sentencing in Nigeria of an individual for the unlawful sale of a metric tonne of pangolin scales was applauded this week by officials from the government and NGOs, who are celebrating improved safeguards against the smuggling of these endangered scaly anteaters

A man in his fifties has been taken to hospital following an encounter with a bear in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, marking the latest in an increasing number of incidents that have caused alarm in the nation

India has been urged by the foremost global wildlife organisation to pause the importation of endangered species for a short period. This advice follows the discovery of inconsistencies in the procurement of thousands of animals for a significant conservation centre owned by one of the nation's richest families

The carers of the dogs that have made their home at the Chernobyl site have noticed some dogs with blue fur, a phenomenon not previously seen in the disaster area

A lion owned by a Thai TikTok user broke free and attacked an 11-year-old boy, as well as a man who tried to help him

Dame Jane Goodall, renowned for her pioneering research into chimpanzees, has passed away

A grandfather was sadly killed when a wild elephant, seeking food, entered his garden and trampled him

This is the frightening instance when two couples, one from the UK and the other from the US, narrowly avoided death as an elephant in full charge capsized their safari canoes and hit one of the women with its trunk

It has come to light that wastewater is being discharged into rivers within national parks at double the rate compared to areas outside these protected regions

The US has reportedly drawn up plans to breed billions of flies over Mexico in an attempt to eradicate a vicious variety of flesh-eating maggot.

MPs had previously supported a Conservative amendment requesting developers to supply hollow bricks for endangered birds.

Wildlife Justice Commission report shows sharp, lasting decline in seizures since 2020, driven by COVID-19 disruption and targeted law enforcement.

Postmortem will be carried out on wild cat, one of four humanely captured in Cairngorms, to find cause of death

Less than two months after a four-year sentence for wildlife trafficking, a Colombian court has released Fernando Rodríguez Mondragón—a son of the late drug lord Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela—following a deal with prosecutors.

Body of Hvaldimir taken to harbour for expert examination after being discovered in Risavika Bay

Rescuers including vets rush to save 12 survivors from 77-strong group lying on Sanday shore