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Conservationists called on shipping and fishing industries to do more to bring the animals back from the brink of extinction

Here are answers to key questions about the Cop16 conference on biodiversity.

As officials from around 200 countries prepare to meet in Colombia for the Cop16 biodiversity summit starting Monday, world-respected British zoologist Jane Goodall said there was little time left to reverse the downward slide. She wants the United Nations meeting to lead to action rather than "words and false promises".

Many sea creatures lead complex, social lives in the wild and are likely to suffer in farmed conditions. But they aren’t mainstays of the aquaculture industry − yet.

There’s a lot we get wrong about our least favorite seabirds

Puffins, Manx shearwaters and kittiwakes on Rathlin Island in Northern Ireland have been dying. Now islanders and experts think they have the solution

Some celebrate them, others despise them. Yet this mimicking, competitive and acrobatic songbird still exerts a powerful fascination

Why have Atlantic salmon populations dropped so dramatically in British rivers, and is fish farming to blame?

Idea that every habitat is replaceable is a misuse of biodiversity net gain, say ecological experts