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Orcas performing in a show at Marineland Antibes in 2013.

France to send its last captive orcas to marine park, not sanctuary

Spoorthy Raman 3 Jun 2026
A European wildcat in Scotland, where 46 captive-bred wildcats have been released as part of an ongoing reintroduction project. The cats are repopulating former habitat in the Cairngorms mountain range in the eastern highlands.

The European wildcat is back. In some places.

Rhett Ayers Butler 3 Jun 2026
Atlantic Puffin, Norway. Image courtesy of Ujval Pasupuleti / Ocean Image Bank.

Uncertainty about weakening Atlantic currents isn’t a reason to wait but to act (commentary)

Helen Findlay 2 Jun 2026
Drone image of the Pčinja River before and after the Shuplji Kamen barrier removal in North Macedonia. Images © Eko-svest.

Europe removes record number of dams in 2025 to restore rivers, help species

Shanna Hanbury 1 Jun 2026
A Mediterranean monk seal off Formicula in Greece.

Hidden ‘bubble cave’ may help world’s rarest seal steer clear of humans: Study

Megan Strauss 30 May 2026

Parts of Europe swelter in record May heat as deaths at amateur sports events spur warnings

Associated Press 26 May 2026
Monica Montefalcone. From her social media.

Monica Montefalcone, leading seagrass scientist, dies in Maldives diving accident, aged 51

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 May 2026
Bottom trawling fishing boats in Flanders Banks conservation area in France. Image © Lorraine Turci/Greenpeace.

European bottom trawling costs billions every year in climate impacts, study finds

Shanna Hanbury 15 May 2026
Carrion crows engage in cooperative breeding which requires intricate communication between entire families that are involved in raising chicks.

From caws to code: AI helps decrypt animal communication

Abhishyant Kidangoor 14 May 2026
A European wildcat in Scotland, where 46 captive-bred wildcats have been released as part of an ongoing reintroduction project. The cats are repopulating former habitat in the Cairngorms mountain range in the eastern highlands.

The European wildcat hovers between recovery and local extinction

Sean Mowbray 11 May 2026
A European roller (Coracias garrulus) at B'stonliq, Uzbekistan. Image by bereskletic via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC 4.0)

From Africa to Central Asia, the European roller’s migration builds relationships

Terna Gyuse 9 May 2026
Young Atlantic salmon, Image by Jörgen Wiklund via Eurekalert.

Cocaine exposure drives salmon to alter movements

Shreya Dasgupta 30 Apr 2026
Wind farm off Pingtan Island in Pingtan county, Fuzhou, China. Image by Kilian Murphy via Unsplash.

Offshore wind’s clean energy potential remains largely untapped, say experts

Sean Mowbray 27 Apr 2026
Lula and Macron during a bilateral meeting at Guajará Bay.

Brazil FOIA confirms Lula & Macron talked before key CITES vote on endangered tree

Spoorthy Raman, Fernanda Wenzel, Emmanuelle Picaud 23 Apr 2026
Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) in the Pantanal wetland in Brazil. Image © Diego Baravelli/Greenpeace.

Forest-focused environment laws may be pushing farming into other ecosystems

Shanna Hanbury 22 Apr 2026

EU deforestation law nudges timber trade, Indonesia probe shows, but risks persist

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Apr 2026
a ferret by Alfredo Gutiérrez via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Invasive ferrets removed from an island in a world-first

Shreya Dasgupta 15 Apr 2026
A Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena). Image ©gianfrs via iNaturalist (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).

Creating the North Atlantic’s largest MPA network: Interview with Azores President José Manuel Bolieiro

Maria José Mendes 9 Apr 2026
A fan mussel (Pinna nobilis) in a Neptune grass meadow. Image by Arnaud Abadie via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

A French city cut its marine pollution — and its seagrass bounced back

Edward Carver 7 Apr 2026
Young bear seen via a camera trap. Image courtesy of ADLO Pirineo.

Pyrenees brown bear population climbs to an estimated 130 in latest census

Shanna Hanbury 3 Apr 2026
Pangolins are one of the most in-demand wildlife in Asia, used in traditional chinese medicine preparations. After Chinese pangolins plummeted by about 90% in the 2000s, traffickers shifted to African species.

Asia now hub of growing illegal wildlife trade across 100+ countries, study shows

Spoorthy Raman 30 Mar 2026
Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) nest made largely of plastic debris. Image courtesy of Martin Brogger.

Seabird nests built with plastic waste off the coast of Germany: Photo of the week

Shanna Hanbury 25 Mar 2026
Every year, up to 100 tonnes of glass eels, worth €2.5-3 billion, are smuggled out of Europe.

Eight arrested as Europe cracks down on lucrative eel smuggling syndicates

Spoorthy Raman 19 Mar 2026
A dairy cow in a farm in the Netherlands.

The Dutch Nitrogen Crisis

Mongabay.com 16 Mar 2026
Sea turtles, another migratory species, need safe ocean passageways to move between feeding grounds and nesting beaches.

Outlook for migratory species worsens amid habitat loss & avian flu, report finds

Gloria Dickie 12 Mar 2026
Close-up shot of a bale of compressed plastic waste.

Plastic, from home and abroad, spills into Türkiye’s waters

Guia Baggi, Utku Kuran 11 Mar 2026
IKEA allocates 16,000 hectares of forests for research to further improve responsible forest management. Together with European Forest Institute and Preferred by Nature, IKEA will start a research project that will explore, test and scale improved forestry practices, strengthening climate resilience and minimizing negative impacts on biodiversity.

From forest to flatpack, IKEA faces timber traceability test under EUDR

Annelise Giseburt 10 Mar 2026
Pascale Moehrle. Courtesy of Oceana.

Pascale Moehrle pressed Europe to take its seas seriously

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Mar 2026
Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus); the species is one of 19 cetacean species that spend time in the Azores.

Azores dodges proposal to overturn no-fishing zones in its giant new MPA network

Maria José Mendes 23 Feb 2026
Gerard C. Boere. Courtesy of AEWA

Gerard C. Boere, conservationist and designer of flyways, died Jan 6, aged 83

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Feb 2026
Firefighters battle a wildfire spreading through a forested area near Concepcion, Chile, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Javier Torres, File)

Tipping points and ecosystem collapse are the real geopolitical risk (commentary)

Robert Muggah 9 Feb 2026
Soil-dwelling springtails - tiny, insect-like arthropods of the class Collembola - are vulnerable to pesticides. Image by Alandmanson via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Pesticides found in 70% of European soils, harming beneficial life: Study

Liz Kimbrough 6 Feb 2026

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