Conservationists are using new legislation to section off thousands of square miles of sea and shore to protect rare species and vulnerable habitats.

A subsea pipeline was moved because of fear that it traversed the feeding grounds of a rare species of whale.

The area supports local bird life including rare species such as the sandwich tern and little tern.

Like the sea eagle and the grey wolf, another once rare species is growing in numbers — the billionaire.

This country has many rare species, unusual algal habitats supporting rich communities of life.