Giant ‘hero rats’ are solving wildlife crime

A LOT has been happening at Blankets for Baby Rhinos since the “Friend” last caught up with its founder, Bristol-based vet Elisa Best. The Facebook group set up to encourage people to knit blankets fo

Well, not quite – but it’s true that about 80 per cent of our ocean floor remains unexplored and uncharted. Discovering what our ocean depths look like and what life might be found there is just as ch

For wildlife photographer Federico Veronesi, tracking down ‘tuskers’ became all-encompassing. He tells Graeme Green about it

Scouring the ground for metal might seem a solitary pursuit, but one detectorist has mobilised his fellow hobbyists into a network of finders who are on call across the country, working in teams to reunite people with lost belongings. Andrew Lloyd reports

Tubby little bundles of joy, guide-dog puppies may be irresistibly sweet, but they’ve been expertly engineered to perform life-changing duties, discovers Katy Birchall

Uganda’s chimps and mountain gorillas might be thriving, but a visit to the parks in the south-west are a reminder of how fragile conservation can be, and why local communities need to be involved for it to work