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Last week, I found myself under the A12 in Redbridge, wading through a muddy Thames tributary, in search of European eels. With me were two conservationists from ZSL – the organisation I lead – checking eel traps along eel migratory routes, as cars rumbled over the bridge above us.

200 million years before whales evolved, this ancient reptile ate its dinner just like a baleen mammal

Study suggests the reptiles use different sound criteria than humans to assess distress

Exclusive: dead fish are again appearing in the stressed Darling-Baaka at Menindee, as a fisheries department report reveals the river’s poor state

Research suggests behaviour may reflect evolutionary response to previous outbreaks of disease

Wild Justice says government initiative to relocate broods away from grouse moors ‘rewards past crimes’ of illegal killing

Reef experts say an El Niño climate pattern could take hold this summer, raising the risk of another mass bleaching event further

Scientists trained wild Australian native predatory rats to recognise an unfamiliar species of cockroach prey

Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)'s recent publication, "75 Endemic Birds of India", reveals 5% of India's 1,353 bird species are endemic. Three species are critically endangered, 25 are threatened, and 17 are vulnerable. The publication provides details on each species, including etymology, habitats, breeding habits, and food preferences.

Study estimates soil is home to 90% of world’s fungi, 85% of plants and more than 50% of bacteria, making it the world’s most species-rich habitat

World’s tiniest marine mammal – found only in the Gulf of California in Mexico – has only 10 individuals left, study finds