As global electricity demand keeps rising sharply, the World Health Organisation confirmed in 2024 that the world will not achieve Sustainable Development Goal 7 by 2030, which aims to ensure...
In May 2025, an award-winning team of researchers in south-west Madagascar located three individuals of the critically endangered Belalanda chameleon. Found in an unusual location – 5 kilometres outside of...
On May 10th, World Migratory Bird Day was celebrated as billions of birds began their migration around that time. Representing “nearly one in five of the world’s 10,000 bird species”,...
Since February 2025, the Ningaloo Reef has been struck by an “unprecedented” coral bleaching event due to a heatwave gripping Western Australia. Sea temperatures reached 4°C above seasonal norms in...
As spring arrives in the northern hemisphere, a large part of the population associates this with pollen allergies, also known as hay fever. These allergies affect about 40% of the...
"We have this deep connection with the ocean because… it has been our main source of livelihood for thousands of years", introduces Robert Karoro, an I-Kiribati and national coordinator for...
In 1986, Antarctica gave birth to A23a, the world’s largest iceberg. Drifting away from the South Pole, the once 3,900 sq km giant – twice the size of Greater London,...
In Central Asia lives a very peculiar-looking animal, the saiga antelope. This migratory herbivore, straight out of a science fiction movie, is one of the most incredible conservation stories. In...
2024 has offered spectacular light shows to millions of people worldwide with astonishing auroras. Usually visible in the Poles, Aurora Borealis (northern lights) or Aurora Australis (southern lights) have recently...
The saola, also known as the 'Asian Unicorn,' was the most surprising zoological discovery of the 20th century. It earned this nickname as this enigmatic species remains widely unknown, with...