Earth Day: Wildfires

Fred Pearce

People have never found a way to tame a fundamental force of nature.

Understanding wildfires

Earth Day: The grey wolf

Colin Barras

Discover more about the grey wolf, which is once again in the sights of hunters.

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Earth Day: the bald eagle

Colin Barras

The bald eagle is the US national symbol, but people can't agree how best to protect it

Safeguarding the bald eagle's future

Earth Day

Roxanne Fisher

Earth Day is now the most widely celebrated secular holiday in the world. Find out more about the history of Earth Day and how you can get involved.

Learn more about Earth Day

Earth Day: the American Bison

Daniele Fanelli

Most American bison are not what they seem.

Find out why

Earth Day: the vaquita

Nora Shultz

The vaquita is now the world's rarest cetacean. Find out about this elusive porpoise and why it may soon go extinct.

Discover the vaquita's secrets

Bushmeat

Rhodri Marsden

Across the globe bushmeat hunting is a threat so extreme that it's estimated wild apes in Africa could be extinct within the next 50 years.

Learn more about the crisis

Central chimpanzee

The chimpanzee is one of our closest living relatives, yet is increasingly under extreme threat from human behaviour.

Find out why

Logging

Rhodri Marsden

Logging activity accounts for a football pitch-sized area of forest every two seconds - find out what effect this is having on the habitat of wildlife.

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Desert elephants

After decades of being poached for their ivory tusks, desert elephants now face a new threat to their survival.

Learn more about the crisis