Bullfighting ban threatens Spain's biodiversity - Nature's future is at risk.

Bullfighting may cause suffering to animals, but that does not mean the EU should ban it or withdraw agricultural subsidies, writes Robin Irwin.

Traditional bull farms are valuable reservoirs of biodiversity under intensive farming, and without bulls these places will be doomed to extinction.

Partido de Resina is an island of biodiversity: about 500 hectares of open forests and marshes surrounded by monotonous plantations of orange, olive and peach trees.

Scotland's wild beavers have been given legal protection. The Scottish Government has announced that wild beaver populations will be fully protected under both UK and EU law. The decision has been welcomed by activists who point out all the benefits of beavers for biodiversity, water management and flood protection. Now they argue that England and Wales should follow suit.

Thanks to EU laws and funds, Coto Doña is reborn after disaster.

What types of cultivation, including energy crops, can help stop the disappearance of the UK's brown hare

If you live or spend time in the UK countryside, it may have been a while since you've seen your local brown hare - if you've seen one at all. This hare depends on increasingly rare biodiverse terrain for its food. LORA BRIGGS speaks to scientists conducting a new study to find out what kind of farming, including energy crops, will help halt the decline of the hare population.