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Dan Snow was speaking after the shark’s body was found by walkers on Lepe Beach in Hampshire.

Human life on Earth is utterly dependent on biodiversity but our activities are driving an increase in extinctions. Yet some extinct species continue to hold our fascination. New methods in genetics and reproductive biology hold the promise that de-extinction – resurrecting extinct species – could soon be possible.

A hairdresser has spoken of how she tried to save a stranded rare shark which washed up on a UK beach before it was found dead the next day

A small insect-eating bat has been confirmed as Mozambique’s newest species of mammal after more than a decade of intensive study by scientists who used near-invisible “mist nets” to catch their first specimens.

An emergency response centre, headed by NSW Police, has been put into action in the state's far west to coordinate the clean-up of the worst mass kill ever to hit the Darling River in Menindee.

Government agencies are mobilising at Menindee in outback NSW to co-ordinate the response to enormous clusters of dead fish in the Darling-Baaka River.

The Invasive Species Council warns of an impending biosecurity "disaster" due a lack of frontline staff, drawing the support of regional independents and crossbenchers who may hold the balance of power after the NSW election.

The NSW government has tagged more than 250 bull sharks since 2009, with data revealing they are travelling further south than expected.

Research into critically endangered orange-bellied parrot finds 1mm difference in length of one feather is enough to reduce survival rate by 2.7 times