England’s green and pleasant land is in catastrophic decline, with some of its most precious wildlife at risk of disappearing for ever, the first comprehensive report into the nation’s natural life has shown.
The future of the koala, perhaps Australia’s best-loved animal, is under threat because greenhouse gas emissions are making eucalyptus leaves – their sole food source – inedible.
London Zoo unveiled its new tropical bird exhibition yesterday which allows visitors to walk through an enclosure as rare birds fly overhead.
Controversial plans to lift the worldwide ban on whaling were presented to a secret meeting of more than 70 governments in London last week.
Berlin Zoo does little to prepare visitors for the shock of a first encounter
with Knut, the world’s most famous polar bear. Placards advertising the
ursine celebrity at its entrance gate show a cuddly, snowy-white creature
not much bigger than a domestic cat.