Anthropocene

We are living in the age of humans.

Biodiversity is the name we give to the variety of all life on Earth.

What does this term mean and how could it affect you?

Get the facts about sustainable energy.

The climate crisis and biodiversity loss are closely connected but the good news is, so are the solutions.

Invasive species are a much bigger threat to nature than many people realise.

Humanity is eroding its own life-support system.

A mass extinction event is when species vanish much faster than they are replaced.

Plastic is everywhere - even the deepest parts of the ocean are now awash with it.

Scientists are warning that we simply know too little about the deep sea. 

Help local wildlife, see more stars and get better rest - just a few compelling reasons to join the dark side.

Humans are the only species responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, according to leading scientists.

Find out the facts about palm oil and its impact on the health of rainforests.

Growing food on land can be challenging and costly for the planet. Discover how seaweed farming offers a solution.

Uncover the past, present and future of cattle and what this means for climate change and nature.

Seagrass meadows store carbon, safeguard shorelines and support marine life. But they’re disappearing at a rapid rate.

From helping us grow our food to tackling our plastic waste problem, fungi can help us achieve a more sustainable future.

Looking back at the story of the Tasmanian tiger, the echoes of colonialism and its impact on Australia’s wildlife today. 

As you're taxiing to the runway, spare a thought for what the impact of your flight might be.

Eco-fashion can seem expensive and overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be. Here are nine ways to forget fast fashion and shop sustainable instead.

Boosting biodiversity and locking away more carbon from our atmosphere than forests, wetlands are incredible ecosystems.

We spoke to Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path, who reflected on the restorative power of a walk.

Plants' many health benefits are helping fight some of humankind's biggest killers, such as heart disease and cancer.

Listening to some bird song can help improve our mental health.

The great diversity of life on Earth can become a literal support system.

Our cities are damaging our health. Here’s how plants can help us.

Like small signposts, lichens can tell us a lot about the air we are breathing. 

Nature plays a huge part in the medicines we rely on every day. 

The WWF’s Living Planet Report comes with a stark warning that we are reaching a point of no return for nature. 

Museum plant specialist Ana Claudia researches global biodiversity decline.

Every species extinction is bad, but the impacts are worse when we consider the ecosystem functions that are also lost.

The power of machine learning could be used to protect threatened fishes.

Some of the UK’s most recognisable birds are vanishing before our eyes.

Nations around the world have agreed to protect 30% of the land and sea by the year 2030.

Sometimes reminding ourselves of a conservation failure can be just as important as celebrating our successes.

Amphibians are the most threatened group of vertebrates in the world.

Increasing urbanisation is putting pressure on many birds. Here are 11 top tips for helping your local feathered friends.

For a summer gardening project and a sustainable swap, luffa fruits can be grown to be used in place of synthetic sponges.

Making these reusable food wraps will help you reduce your single-use plastic waste.

Attract bees to your lawn with clover, grow a mini wildflower meadow, add areas of aromatic thyme and more ideas.

Growing native wildflowers helps provide the right food for pollinating insects, making life better for your local wildlife.

Follow our instructions to make a simple hedgehog home. 

A garden pond is one of the best ways you can help Britain's wildlife. You can create one in even the tiniest of gardens.

Turn your kitchen food scraps into fantastic fertiliser by making a wormery.

Give solitary bees a home by making this simple, DIY bee hotel.

It took a controversial conservation tactic to prevent these giant vultures from going extinct. 

An unlikely alliance between a nature charity and a railway has created a haven for birdlife in Essex.

It is possible to bring animals and plants back from the brink.

Specialised conservation work saves kākāpō from the brink of extinction. 

In a conservation success story, gharials are slowly coming back to the rivers of India and Nepal - but sand extraction practices threaten their long-term survival. 

Artificial hotspots might be able to help frogs fight off chytridiomycosis.

A new project to kickstart conservation for some of the world’s rarest fishes is making a splash.

The largest urban rewilding project in the UK is happening on an old golf course.

For the first time in 100 years, Atlantic salmon are once again spawning in the upper waters of the River Derwent. 

Black bears in Yosemite National Park are coexisting with humans after years of conflict.

Northern elephant seals once teetered on the brink of extinction. Now they are bouncing back.

As a pack of wolves treads its usual route across the Apuan Alps in Italy, Wildlife Photographer Lorenzo Shoubridge shines a light on the region's marble industry.

Discover how we're fighting to keep nature healthy.

Discover the importance of the oceans to life on Earth, the problems facing these waters and how to conserve them.

It's very difficult to know what the Antarctic was like before humans arrived – but whale bones could hold the answer.

Food security and biodiversity are threatened by the chemicals contaminating our soils.

Humans are having a devastating effect on biodiversity, but the impacts might be worse than we thought.

The North Sea’s oil and gas rigs impact more than the atmosphere.

By sequencing airborne eDNA, a new project hopes to find out more about the UK’s wildlife.

Every year thousands of elephants are still killed for their ivory.

Seabirds in the Pacific Ocean are eating plastic and feeding it to their chicks.

The tropical crops may face an uncertain future amid rising temperatures and habitat loss.

Ocean warming is threatening coral reefs but some reefs are surviving the warming waters and offer hope for these vital ecosystems.

The risk of wildfires is rising, and it’s only likely to get worse.

Passing 1.5⁰C of warming is a step that cannot easily be undone.

Climate change is putting the future of the biggest fish in the world at risk.

The past year has been more than 1.5⁰C hotter than it was over than a century ago.

The tropical crops may face an uncertain future amid rising temperatures and habitat loss.

Artificial reefs attract fish, which can improve the ability of seagrass to lock up more carbon dioxide beneath the waves.

Traces of ice algae have been found in many animal groups revealing the critical importance of algae and the sea ice on which it grows to the fragile Arctic ecosystem.

The birds that live on Lord Howe Island are facing death by ocean plastic.

Tests on 11 dolphins in the USA revealed every one had tiny pieces of plastic in their breath.

Microplastics in the atmosphere might encourage the formation of clouds.

A new disease has been described in seabirds, but it might just be the tip of the iceberg.

British photographer Mandy Barker assembles collections of plastic pulled from water around the world.

Microplastics: the what, where and how.

Billions of plastic particles accumulate on remote islands mostly via sea.

Discover the dangers of flushing your wet wipes.

Learn about Barbary macaques and the challenges they face.

The mountain chicken is teetering on the brink of extinction, but we may now have a way to save them.

Humans have increasingly determined the future of elephants over recent centuries.

Climate change could bring an end to algae and seaweed.

The lesser flamingo is in danger of losing its feeding and breeding grounds.

Some of the world’s largest and most unusual fishes could be wiped out.

The first State of the World’s Migratory Species report found that countries aren’t doing enough to save threatened species.

Scientists have successfully managed to perform IVF on a rhino for the first time.

Rising temperatures and habitat loss could spell an uncertain future for bumblebees in Europe.

Habitat loss and human persecution are the key drivers of their decline, with crocodiles and turtles most at risk.

Unusually for a modern mammal, we know little of it from a true natural history perspective.

The illegal trade of European eels is worth up to £3.5 billion a year.

In 1982, the company managing the Santo Niño copper mine packed up and left. The local community is dealing with its toxic legacy.

We’ve been using guano for more than 1,500 years, but our demand for it has had a devastating impact on the birds that produce it. 

Giving communities a greater say over mining could help to speed up the transition to net zero.

The world's rarest mineral resources are in your hands.

The UK is one of the largest producers of household e-waste in the world.

A breakthrough in domestic production could bring down the carbon footprint of lithium-ion batteries.

Scientists are warning that we simply know too little about the deep sea. 

Many regions of the deep sea are currently being explored for the potential to mine them.

Museum PhD student Eva researches deep-sea animal biodiversity in the Pacific Ocean.

A surprising amount of air pollution is emitted from our homes. Watch and find out what you can do to help.

Like small signposts, lichens can tell us a lot about the air we are breathing. 

Air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides can cause as much as a 90% decline in pollinator visits to flowers.