Organized by the German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) since 2001, this is one of the most photo competitions thanks to its highly qualified jury, stringent selection criteria, and ban on ...

Two European brown bears escaped their enclosure to snack on a week's worth of honey. Wildwood Devon, the park where the bears reside, activated security measures and coaxed them back into their ...

Walco's howls fell silent forever. Dolly was owned by Ursula von der Leyen, the German president of the European Commission. Walco belonged to Valeria Roselli, a guide with an Italian group called ...

The winners of the 2024 European Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards have been announced. Launched in 2001, this competition is one of the most prestigious in modern nature photography. This ...

A new study from Aalborg University in Denmark reveals that European hares (Lepus europaeus) are not only surviving—but thriving—in urban environments. Using a combination of citizen science ...

Since 1979, the wolf has been listed as strictly protected according to the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, which meant a specific derogation, ...

Few people working in wildlife conservation in the 1980s could have imagined a future where breeding wolf packs roam the Netherlands and Denmark — but this is now part of Europe’s new reality.

In 2022, a grey wolf in Germany's Lower Saxony region killed a pony called Dolly. It's not unknown for wolves to kill other animals but this one had messed with the wrong pony: Dolly was the ...

Brussels, Belgium - WWF, the conservation organization, today warned that almost a third of Europe's important wildlife sites will not be protected under proposals put forward by European Governments, ...

Wolves in Europe will be less protected from hunting from 2025, after a majority of European countries on Tuesday accepted a proposal to downgrade their status due to their growing number and ...

T he German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 is now open for entries, with a special anniversary edition of the competition celebrating 25 years.