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Advancing science, policy and practice to reconnect coastal habitats for delivery of global nature restoration targets. Temperate coastal habitats, such as saltmarsh, seagrass meadows, oyster reefs, ...
Our wildlife vets have given nine rare hazel dormice the all-clear, ahead of the tiny rodent’s release into the wild next month. The dormice – including three born at Whipsnade Zoo - each received a ...
Wildlife lovers can take a trip back in time and visit London Zoo as it was in 1904 this spring, in a digital recreation made for Planet Zoo – a simulation game where players can digitally construct ...
Our archivists have been trawling through storage rooms to dig out artefacts to mark 200 years since Sir Stamford Raffles founded the organisation but among books and old uniforms, the staff ...
Sihek – an endangered bird recently returned to the wild – have laid eggs on their new Pacific island home for the first time, making them the first wild eggs for the species in almost 40 years. Nine ...
One of the world's most famous waterways is about to get a huge transformation - as part of a multi-million dollar project. Coastal habitats along the Greater Thames Estuary, the life source of ...
Members of the public can dive into the past as our conservationists launch an interactive map bringing to life the history of Critically Endangered ‘dinosaur’ fish – as part of urgent work to protect ...
In October, I arrived in Cali, a small city in northern Colombia, to join the vibrant displays of the most attended (to date) Conference of the Parties (COP16) for the Convention on Biological ...
At ZSL, we’re committed to halting and reversing global biodiversity loss for the benefit of people and the planet as per the Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD) Global Biodiversity Framework’s ...
These findings, from the latest Living Planet Index by our Institute of Zoology – the most comprehensive measure of vertebrate population trends across the globe. The Living Planet Index informs WWF’s ...
Our herpetologists have described a new amphibian species for the first time – after making the surprise discovery while searching for a different animal. The newly-described Mount Po Ma Lung toothed ...
Almost 600 harbour and 3,000 grey seals now call the Thames Estuary home, reveals our latest seal survey highlighting the importance of the iconic river for these doe-eyed, native species. We have ...