The votes have been counted, and Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has announced the results of its giant anteater naming vote. The ...

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Report is the first to comprehensively assess the global conservation status of peatlands, which store more carbon than all ...

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Discover the countries with the most 'living languages' – at number one is a nation that speaks more than 800 different dialects ...

The most recent Living Planet Report showed a 39 per cent drop in the average size of North America's monitored vertebrate ...