Conservationists call for UK to create world’s largest marine reserve

Three proposed reserves in UK waters around the Pitcairn Islands in the Pacific, and Ascension Island and South Sandwich Islands in the Atlantic, would more than double the size of the world’s existing marine protected areas

Celebrities and their conservation campaigns

The stars have been writing letters, staging evens and filming heartfelt pleas to bring the public on board with saving wildlife

Unconventional Pet Design. Dog beds by Superfine Pet Luxury

The home of our-four legged friends. No more excuses or pretexts: a stylish house is important, also if it is only for the house of your dog. And those whodo not take an interest in it are lazy, says Paolo De Anna, the founder of Superfine Pet Luxury, the exclusive design studio of dog beds … Read more

Japan’s Just A Way has been rated the best horse in the world for 2014

• Runaway success in Dubai Duty Free earns horse top spot
• Kingman in joint third place after being forced to retire

Koalas face extinction without stronger protection, say conservationists

Federal environment department says a recovery plan is in development, but conservationists warn the vulnerable koala needs urgent action

Earth faces sixth ‘great extinction’ with 41% of amphibians set to go the way of the dodo

Analysis for prestigious Nature magazine sounds alarm on the way that human activity, from overfishing to agriculture, is forcing a vast number of species to vanish from the wild

Northern white rhino’s death leaves just five left in the world