Editors' picks

  • tropical monsoon rainforest in  Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province, China

    Forests under threat

    Roll over the images for a guide to the biodiversity in the world's 10 most at-risk rainforests
  • A male Sclater's black lemur endangered primates

    Endangered primates

    Nearly half of all primates are in danger of becoming extinct. Here are some of the species under threat

Latest multimedia

  • Video
  • Audio
  • In pictures
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  • Badger in wild

    Environment secretary details badger culling plans - video (59 sec)

  • Penguins released after Rena oil spill in New Zealand

    Penguins freed after rescue from New Zealand oil spill - video (52 sec)

  • Landing a shark on the Coral Princess

    Shark caught off Florida by marine conservationists - video (2min 28sec)

  • John Vidal and the Sea Shepherd ship the Steve Irwin

    Sea Shepherd: 'law enforcer of the high seas' - video (4min 12sec)

  • John Vidal and the Sea Shepherd ship the Steve Irwin

    Tour of anti-whaling ship the Steve Irwin - audio (61min 11sec)

  • Orangutan Conservation

    Orangutan conservation project, Indonesia – in pictures (10 pictures)

  • Kipepeo Butterfly farm in Kenya : Papilio demodocus

    Kipepeo butterfly project - in pictures (12 pictures)

  • Week in wildlife : New species discovered every two days in the Mekong : orchid

    The week in wildlife – in pictures (16 pictures)

  • Samburu tribal people of Kenya

    Kenya's Samburu tribe evicted from their land - in pictures (11 pictures)

  • Cerrado by Peter Caton : A young Kraho boy

    Disappearing Cerrado: 'Brazil's great untold environmental disaster' - audio slideshow

  • A Sea Turtle, one of the animals affected by the oil spill

    Where to find Kenya's turtles – and what you can find

  • Artworks by Peter Scott from the Studio in the Scott House at Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Slimbridg

    Slimbridge nature reserve: 'conservation became the most important thing' - audio slideshow

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    What the halted Belo Monte dam would have done to Brazil – interactive

Guardian Bookshop

This week's bestsellers

  1. 1.  London's Lost Rivers

    by Paul Talling £9.99

  2. 2.  Atlantic

    by Simon Winchester £9.99

  3. 3.  Teach Yourself Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis

    by David Rothery £10.99

  4. 4.  Cloudspotter's Guide

    by Gavin Pretor-Pinney £9.99

  5. 5.  Cloud Collector's Handbook

    by Gavin Pretor-Pinney £10.00