Conservationists estimate coal exported from expanded mine to release CO2 equivalent of about half Australia’s annual carbon footprint

The radical project is an attempt to preserve wildlife in one of Europe’s most light-polluted countries, but can they persuade local people they will still feel safe?

Smithsonian researcher Brian Gratwicke and colleagues describe how acoustic technology aided the remarkable rediscovery of four amphibian populations thought to have vanished from Panama’s mountain fo...

The red-necked ostrich was identified as the closest relative of the extinct Arabian ostrich, and for its ability to survive in extreme desert conditions.

Ryan Wills for New Scientist Richard Branson, Jane Goodall and Edward Norton might seem like strange bedfellows. But in 2012, at the Earth Summit in Brazil, they stood together on stage making the case that putting a price tag on nature was the only sensible way to prevent its destruction. Goodall, who spent decades studying chimps in Tanzania, took the microphone and wavered a bit: “It’s a bit shocking to me that we have to do that.

Replicating previous research builds confidence that results are real and meaningful. But close replications are rare due to limitations in resources and d