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After 12 years in Scotland, pandas to fly home amid ongoing dispute about purpose of zoos and ethics of China’s panda diplomacyAs soon as she heard that Edinburgh’s pandas were about to be flown home, Sarah Greenwood knew she had to see them. “I love e…
Read MoreBeijing’s strained relations with the west are less easily mollified by loans of cuddly endangered bearsAs the UK’s only giant pandas leave Edinburgh zoo , returning to their native country after a 12-year sojourn away from China, the era of panda dip…
Read MoreNew Zealand’s national icon is also one of its most vulnerable birds and conservationists believe it was absent from capital for generationsTwo kiwi chicks have been born in the wild around Wellington for the first time in more than 100 years, one year…
Read MoreAnnual competition inundated with a record number of votes after comedian took the Australasian crested grebe under his wingNew Zealand has crowned a bird that grunts, pukes and has a highly unusual repertoire of mating rituals as its bird of the centu…
Read MoreLong-beaked echidna with spines of a hedgehog and snout of an anteater photographed on last day of expeditionScientists have rediscovered a long-lost species of mammal described as having the spines of a hedgehog, the snout of an anteater and the feet …
Read MoreBedbugs were almost eradicated via nationwide campaign in 1960s but thanks to lifting of travel restrictions after Covid-19 pandemic they’re backSouth Korea’s government has declared war on bedbugs, amid reports that an infestation is causing panic in …
Read MoreAmid lack of acorns and beechnuts in natural habitats, bears have injured 158 people and killed two since AprilExperts in Japan have warned that bear attacks are rising at an unprecedented rate, as the animals struggle to find food in their natural hab…
Read MoreSocial media posts showed landlords breaking into people’s houses and forcibly taking away their dogsLocal governments across China have launched a crackdown on dogs after a toddler was mauled by a rottweiler earlier this month.The child was injured wh…
Read MoreOfficial calls for use of hunting guns in towns to be made legal amid rise in number of marauding bearsThree bears that snuck into a tatami mat factory in northern Japan and were holed up inside for nearly a day have been captured and killed, according…
Read MoreExperts blame rising sea temperatures caused by climate crisis for cub deaths at Unesco heritage siteAs many as eight in 10 brown bear cubs born this year in a remote part of northern Japan have died amid a shortage of salmon, with experts blaming ris…
Read MoreTally rises to 27,000 but is still a far cry from former half a million, and Javan and Sumatran rhino remain critically endangeredGlobal rhinoceros numbers have increased to 27,000 despite populations being ravaged by poaching and habitat loss, new fig…
Read MoreUsing explosives is illegal, wasteful and devastating to marine life and people’s livelihoods. Yet in Sri Lanka and around the world it’s thriving as a quick and easy route to a lucrative haulThe immediate aftermath of a blast is obvious, says Wilson P…
Read MoreResearchers used genetic analysis to identify species that cannot be distinguished by appearance aloneSeven new leaf insect species, known as “walking leaves”, have been discovered.The insects exhibit a sophisticated “twigs and leaf-like” camouflage al…
Read MoreLarge-scale study indicates population declines after collation of data from country’s conservation organisations and birdwatchersA report on India’s bird population has painted a grim picture for many of the country’s species.The State of India’s Bird…
Read MoreOnce a nation of cat-lovers, attacks on other animals and recovery in local fauna is reshaping attitudes toward felinesOut in the bush beyond his house, John McConnell walks with his gun, looking for the glint of eyes in the darkness.McConnell, 67, liv…
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