They survived fire and toxic fumes. So what happened next to Notre Dame’s bees?
Hives that survived catastrophic Paris cathedral blaze are healthier than ever, says beekeeper
Wildlife
Fluorescent pink slug, unique to Australian mountaintop, survives bushfires
Around 60 of the brightly coloured Mount Kaputar slugs have been spotted, but fires have burnt their habitat
Ants run secret farms on English oak trees, photographer discovers
Brown ants herd and milk giant pale aphids, building barns for them from beetle exoskeleton
Monarch butterfly population critically low on California coast – again
Study finds 29,000 butterflies, compared with 4.5 million during the 1980s, as experts point to habitat destruction
World’s consumption of materials hits record 100bn tonnes a year
Unsustainable use of resources is wrecking the planet but recycling is falling, report finds
Specieswatch: wet winter is good news for the common frog
Britain’s most recognisable amphibian has had a rough few years because of dry winters
Writers and scientists celebrate UK’s 67 most endangered birds
Book aims to raise awareness of conservation – and some much-needed funding
Humans risk living in an empty world, warns UN biodiversity chief
Ahead of the World Economic Forum, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema urges governments to take definitive action on climate, deforestation and pollution
Young sea eagle takes up residence among Oxfordshire’s red kites
Bird is one of six released on Isle of Wight as first residents in England for 250 years
Huge ‘hot blob’ in Pacific Ocean killed nearly a million seabirds
A million seabirds died in less than a year as a result of a giant…
HS2 will destroy or damage hundreds of UK wildlife sites, says report
Survey reveals internationally protected natural habitats are among the areas at risk
UN draft plan sets 2030 target to avert Earth’s sixth mass extinction
Paris-style proposal to counter loss of ecosystems and wildlife vital to the future of humanity will go before October summit