An international consortium - including ZSL - has launched a project to update our understanding of the world's biodiversity hotspots. The two-year initiative aims to generate detailed scientific data ...

As a landmark report reveals that coral reefs are passing their tipping point, we are calling for urgent action to tackle climate change. The report finds that warm-water coral reefs – on which nearly ...

What can strandings of dolphins, whales and porpoises tell us about the impact of marine pollution? Pollution is a major driver of environmental harm, affecting ecosystems in ways that are often ...

Payroll giving is a simple and impactful way to support ZSL's wildlife conservation. By donating directly from your pre-tax salary, you can make your contribution go further with no additional effort, ...

Since it was declared biologically dead in 1957 in parts, the tidal stretch of the River Thames has made an astounding recovery. Results of the first complete health check of the River Thames were ...

Scimitar horned oryx downlisted to endangered by IUCN – marks first species in global Extinct in the Wild initiative to be downlisted An antelope whose species was declared Extinct in the Wild has ...

These findings, from the latest Living Planet Index by our Institute of Zoology – the most comprehensive measure of vertebrate population trends across the globe. The Living Planet Index informs WWF’s ...

Backed by a study published in journal PLOS ONE, ZSL’s EDGE Reptiles List uses a complex formula to highlight species that are particularly Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE), ...

A global coalition of conservationists are calling for urgent action to save the Critically Endangered mountain chicken frog, after a new survey found only 21 of the giant frogs alive in the wild.

An armour-plated fish once so popular that King Edward II declared it ‘royal’ is set to make a comeback thanks to an ambitious plan launched by UK conservationists to bring the ancient, Critically ...

Our archivists have been trawling through storage rooms to dig out artefacts to mark 200 years since Sir Stamford Raffles founded the organisation but among books and old uniforms, the staff ...

Zookeepers have returned more than 5,000 Extinct-in-the-Wild and Critically Endangered tropical snails. Thousands of Partula snails reared at London Zoo and Whipsnade Zoo, the Royal Zoological Society ...