The paper, published today (17 December 2025) in Herpetology Notes describes how a population of threatened galaxy frogs is ...

Explore how pioneering science has transformed conservation over the past two centuries—and how it continues to shape the future. From Darwin to today’s conservation leaders, join the first of our ...

Across the Dja–Nki Corridor and surrounding buffer zones, this ZSL-led initiative is advancing a biodiversity economy that connects forest protection with shared prosperity. This forms part of our ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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), ...

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 ...

A ground-breaking study led by ZSL has confirmed the astonishing potential for conservation zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, and seedbanks across the world to bring animals and plants back from ...

Dr Daniella Rabaiotti, researcher at our Institute of Zoology and lead author of the study said: “Think of animals at risk of disappearing forever due to climate change and you think of polar bears ...