Asha Tanna

They may not suddenly acquire a taste for fast cars and flashy motorbikes when they hit middle age, but some great apes – like humans – go through a midlife crisis, according to a new study.

An independent inquiry into the state of care for people with schizophrenia and psychosis in England is calling for a radical overhaul of the system.

After a long campaign, a statue honouring the British-Indian agent Noor Inayat Khan, who was captured in France during World War II and shot in Germany by the Nazis, has been unveiled.

Extraction of Guinea’s mineral wealth by China is being used as a smokescreen for the trafficking of great apes, say conservationists. Asha Tanna reports on the latest threat to African wildlife.