A groundbreaking assessment has officially recognised four distinct giraffe species, overturning previous classifications of the world’s tallest land mammal as a single species. The taxonomic review, ...

The fifth resumed session of the intergovernmental negotiating committee on an international, legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-5.2), concluded ...

Global Plastics Treaty talks hit setback: more than a plastic pollution crisis, latest Chair’s Text draft sparks dismay – yet there is still hope with one day left ...

Recent major international reports have highlighted the alarming impact of food production systems on climate change, land and biodiversity. This report shows that common ground between the ...

Poaching of African rhinos has decreased since 2021, but the gains have been offset by other threats such as drought and ...

Plastic pollution, biodiversity loss, and human health are interconnected issues that require coordinated responses across ...

Gland, Switzerland, 21 July 2022 (IUCN) – The migratory monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus), known for its spectacular annual journey of up to 4,000 kilometres across the Americas, has ...

The highly populated, semi-enclosed Mediterranean basin is one of the global hotspots for marine plastic pollution. Urgent and wide-ranging action is required to radically reduce the amounts of ...

A new report ‘The World’s Forgotten Fishes’ reveals the extraordinary variety of freshwater fish. This variety accounts for over half of all the world’s fish species and is essential to the health of ...

Mangroves support rich biodiversity and high levels of productivity, supplying seafood at capacities large enough to feed millions of people. Fisheries and other sectors, economies, and communities ...

With humanity facing an urgent need for action to protect the natural world, organisations are turning to AI and deep learning to advance nature conservation efforts.

The next decade is critical for tackling climate change and significantly reducing the costs on future generations. The Paris Agreement adopted in 2015 was a key milestone towards setting more ...