What can historic encounters with whales in the capital tell us about the present-day status of this group of marine mammals? January 2026 marked the 20th anniversary of the Thames whale stranding, ...

The Thames is ringing in 2026 with a new lease of life, according to results from the latest health check of the famous river that was once declared ‘biologically dead’ - although experts warn that ...

Paying tribute to 200 years of wildlife, The Royal Mint’s new 2026 Annual Set features a beautifully designed £2 commemorative coin created to celebrate our landmark anniversary. Released today - just ...

This week we celebrated our winners at the annual ZSL Awards Celebration, hosted by ZSL President, Professor Sir Jim Smith FRS. From awarding original work submitted as a doctoral thesis with the ...

One of the leading news magazines in the US, an appearance on the cover of TIME magazine has long been recognised as an indicator of notoriety. To mark the announcement of TIME’s Top 100 Photographs ...

German Hairy Snail surveys have begun in London by rewilders, conservationists and citizen scientists on a mission to save the fingernail-sized mollusc. Named for the tiny hairs that cover its shell, ...

After two weeks of intense negotiations at COP30 in Brazil with high expectations for nature and forests, what has been achieved? Nature and forests were front and centre of the narrative, buoyed by ...

Thousands of 'glow-in-the-dark' snails have been reintroduced to French Polynesia as part of global conservation programme to save the snails from the brink of extinction. The annual reintroduction of ...

Oyster "cubes" have been deployed off the North East coast of England, in a bid to restore the near-extinct native species to UK waters. In a UK-first, marine conservationists from ZSL & Groundwork ...

A new method has revealed how conservationists working to save some of the world's most threatened species can further bolster the success of breeding programmes, according to research led by us and ...

Dame Jane Goodall, the world-renowned primatologist and conservationist who transformed our understanding of chimpanzees and inspired millions to protect the natural world, has died aged 91. She was ...

The Falkland Islands’ only native mammal was in fact the last remaining population of a South American species, reveals latest paper from our team of scientists and conservationsts: a discovery with ...