Conservation experts urge the prime minister to take a lead on reversing the decline in nature.

Conservation group WWF says global wildlife populations have shrunk by two-thirds since 1970.

Pine martens prefer feasting on grey squirrels, which is helping to save reds, say conservationists.

The advance could help protect amphibians from extinction by protecting their breeding grounds.

Fifteen beaver families have been given a permanent home on the River Otter in East Devon.

The hunter had previously said that he killed the animal in self defence when he was attacked.

Eight one-horned rhinos have been killed after rains left 85% of the Kaziranga park under water.

A third of all the lemur species on Earth are "one step from extinction".

The PM is accused of inventing an allegation that wildlife rules are holding back house-building.

Some 350 elephant carcasses have been spotted in Botswana's Okavango Delta since May.