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Life

Wildebeest no more: The death of Africa's great migrations

Many of Africa's savannahs are emptying of wildlife as cattle fences kill its charismatic fauna. But we are finding ways to save them

Features

David Waters

Life

Bustard or bust: The fractious battle to bring back a lost giant

Features

cheetah

Life

Put your best foot forward to help animal conservation

Regulars

Pallbearers carry the casket of Jeff Miller, 53, to his green burial site at the Ramsey Creek Preserve in Westminster, South Carolina

Humans

Why burying loved ones in unmarked graves could save wildlife

News

There is a third species of orangutan and somehow nobody noticed

Life

There is a third species of orangutan and somehow nobody noticed

News

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

Life

A legal trade in rhino horn could be twice as big as illegal one

News

pied tamarin

Life

Pied tamarin doesn't look too happy about its extreme close-up

Regulars

A cloud of flying insects

Earth

Steep decline of wasps and other flying nasties is a bad sign

Comment

antelope

Earth

It looks like an oxymoron, but Earth optimism is worth a try

Leader

Penguins appear to herd fish into a disc

Life

Packs of killer penguins herd fish into balls then pick them off

Cameras strapped to African penguins reveal that the birds team up to hunt shoals of fish, suggesting they are both smart and highly cooperative

News

Earth

Christmas Island’s only echolocating bat has gone extinct

News

Life

The plan to reintroduce a big cat that might never have existed

Features

Earth

Europe's last wildernesses are under threat – can we save them?

Insight

Life

Snow leopards aren't as rare as we thought – but aren’t safe yet

News