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Once-extinct, bitterns make booming ‘foghorn’ noise to attract mates with 228 calling males counted in last breeding period

Brendon Common, Exmoor, Devon: It’s sunny on the moor, the rising temperature waking the reptiles

Australia has embarked on an experiment to create a market for biodiversity. No, we’re not talking about buying and selling wildlife, although, sadly, there is a black market for that. This is about repairing and restoring landscapes, providing habitat for threatened species and getting business and philanthropy to help pay…

No longer a theoretical threat, overfishing across the globe has wiped out species from areas where they once thrived

Police said they had "been advised" the animal was released into the Caboolture River, but it has not been located and its condition is unknown.

There's never been a better time to go prawning according to a Bundaberg fisherman, who says the crustaceans are bigger and more abundant than he has seen in years.

Lolita the killer whale has been held captive at Miami Seaquarium in Florida, US, since 1970 after she was dragged from the waters in Washington when she was just 4-years-old

Seals, sea lions and walruses – a group of animals called pinnipeds – have been heavily exploited throughout much of human history. Many of these species have at some point even been threatened with extinction.

Bob Irwin calls on Queensland state government to introduce new offences for those who disturb the reptiles across the state

"We now have a few short years during which we can still make a choice, where just enough remains of the natural world for it to recover. This starts and ends with us"

The 96-year-old naturalist will appear in a new documentary that looks at the people in the UK trying to fight against the decline in nature