Thanks to an ambitious programme of cross-Caribbean matchmaking, a new population of the critically endangered Lesser Antillean iguana has been successfully established on the small and uninhabited ...

It’s the botanical equivalent of bumping into a bird of paradise. A series of expeditions to a remote mountain top in West Papua in search of a legendary blue orchid have hit the jackpot. Joint ...

The Sombrero ground lizard is a critically endangered reptile, endemic to a tiny Caribbean island near Anguilla. In 2018, it was estimated that fewer than 100 individuals of the species were left in ...

Illegal wildlife trade is one of the most pressing threats to our planet’s biodiversity, and a wide variety of people and organisations – from individuals and community groups to NGOs and government ...

This Fauna & Flora report reveals growing evidence of the risks associated with deep-seabed mining – including that its negative impacts are likely to be extensive and irreversible. Once lost, ...

How many of us have unthinkingly bought apples wrapped in plastic? Don’t worry, this isn’t another diatribe about plastic (we’re saving that for later). It’s a rant about plants. Wrapping a layer of ...

One of the world’s most endangered freshwater turtles has just taken a small but significant step back from the brink of extinction with a helping hand from Fauna & Flora and our local community ...

Ask the average wildlife enthusiast to list the world’s top havens of biodiversity and the chances are that the Annamite Range wouldn’t feature. In fact, the largely unexplored tropical forests that ...

Plastic credits are touted by some as an attractive solution to the global plastic pollution crisis, but can these schemes really deliver long-term, or will they simply push the problem down the road ...

From a young age we are taught the importance of forests. We learn that trees take up carbon dioxide and convert it into oxygen. Forests are depicted as essential ecosystems and rightly so. Their ...

To say that fishing is the predominant threat to marine life is not controversial. This is the last group of wild animals we harvest on a global scale and the impact of that harvesting is ...

Roberts O., Holden J., Furey N. M., de Kok R., Sean M., Oeung H., Chantha N., Chourn P., Barca B. & Sinovas P. The first comprehensive biodiversity survey of Virachey ...