A major immersive production narrated by Sir David Attenborough is heading north for the first time, with Our Story with David Attenborough coming to Chester Zoo this autumn.The acclaimed productionwi...

British supermarkets have trained us to expect tomatoes, cucumbers and asparagus throughout the year. Their year-round presence can make seasonality seem obsolete. But the seasons have not disappeared...

A project to save some of the most endangered trees in the world has increased numbers of one species from just three individuals to hundreds. It represents a major milestone in the National Trust for...

Wildlife crime remains at disturbingly high levels, with new figures revealing thousands of suspected offences against wild animals but fewer than 2% resulting in a conviction.Wildlife and Countryside...

Climate change is bringing extreme summer heat to many more countries, but using the right plants in your garden could help keep your home that bit cooler next summer. As the autumn planting season be...

New polling and evidence from The Wildlife Trusts demonstrates that the public grasp the importance of nature far more than politiciansThe British public want more than 60% of Britain’s land protected...

The Beast from the East ravaged much of the UK and Europe in February and March 2018, bringing severe storms, snow showers and bitter winds. But as the climate changes, rising average temperatures wil...

After one of the driest periods in recent memory, rain has finally returned to many parts of England. Lawns that were brown only a few weeks ago are green again, rivers have begun to rise and the parc...

The world has a new way to make money from the Amazon. Indigenous peoples and traditional communities could find themselves serving a more hostile economy.Something rather strange has happened to the ...

Thirteen young Hen Harriers are getting set to take to the Cumbrian skies as RSPB Geltsdale celebrates its best breeding season for one of the country’s most spectacular, but sadly most illegally pers...

The UK government is deciding whether to approve a licence for Jackdaw gasfield, around 250km east of Aberdeen, in the North Sea. This is being presented by supporters as part of the answer to Britain...

Fewer than 40% of people are willing to make their gardens more wildlife friendly, a new study has revealed – but according to scientists, better policies could help protect biodiversity.  A new study...

Nearly half parliamentary constituencies have limited access to nature, despite climate extremes increasing need for cool, shady and nature-rich spacesA new paper, unveiled today (17th September) by T...

Conservationists are hailing a year of wins for Cheshire wildlife, including planting 14,000 trees, establishing and restoring 1.6km of hedgerow, and removing 500m3 of fly tipped rubbish from a commun...

There are 19 species of raptors and owls that breed in England, and so far in 2026 all of them have been recorded at Wild Ken Hill.To achieve a ‘full house’ on a lowland site such as this is practical...

This summer’s heat brought warnings about harmful algal blooms across Britain and Ireland. In August, swimmers were warned not to enter a newly designated bathing site on the River Thames at Ham and K...

Brazil is betting the Amazon can be protected by making forests economically valuable – but will commercial use stay within the ecological limits?The Amazon has long attracted people looking for somet...

I spent six days on a small fishing boat in the middle of the English Channel in July trying to catch a thresher shark. The weather was fickle, even at the height of summer.My colleague, ecologist Luc...

New research commissioned by Wildlife and Countryside Link reveals that annual investment in protected nature sites needs to increase from around £1.1 billion today to approximately £2 billion to rest...

This summer you may have wondered why you are seeing so few insects squished on your car’s windscreen, compared to a road trip several years ago. This is because insects are declining globally at an a...

Most of the countryside around the Holnicote estate in Somerset has been dry and dusty for most of the summer. But one corner remains conspicuously green. Here in south-west England, an animal that wa...

62% of Britons believe the UK Government should invest more in nature restoration to address future extreme weather, while 74% believe the government is not preparing the country well for such eventsA...

Conservationists reintroducing an extinct butterfly to England have been awarded £150,000 to expand the project over the next three years.National charity Butterfly Conservation received the funding f...

After a summer of record temperatures and heatwaves, new analysis from Ordnance Survey has found more than eight in ten cities in Great Britain are already highly vulnerable to urban heat islands, and...

Geneva, Switzerland (WMO) – El Niño is firmly established and will intensify into a very strong event in the coming months, with big impacts on rainfall and temperature patterns and associated risks o...

Global biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse pose risks to UK national security, food security and prosperity, according to a government assessment discussed by MPs in Westminster Hall this week.Th...

An “inspirational” White-Tailed Eagle has been spotted in Mull three years after falling from its nest as a chick and breaking a wing.During a bout of bad weather in July 2023, a male White-tailed Eag...

The Scottish Government is underfunding Scotland’s wildlife, warns the Scottish Rewilding Alliance today, following the release this week of the Scottish Government’s priorities for this session.Despi...

More than 1,000 adults and children have got involved with a scheme to create new Wild Spaces for butterflies, moths and other wildlife across Leeds.This summer, more than 570 members of public, 300 s...

First-of-its-kind habitat assessment provides new evidence to support the recovery of one of Britain’s most iconic mammalsA new study has found that large parts of England and Wales offer suitable hab...

The cause of the huge floods and debris flow on the border between Nepal and Tibet, which has caused hundreds of deaths, appears to have been an ice avalanche – the result of a huge piece of a glacier...

149 Little Tern chicks fledged this summer as breeding pairs reach their highest level since this conservation project began 50 years ago.Conservation efforts at Beacon Lagoons, funded by the Heritage...

The RSPB is celebrating a successful year for Black-necked Grebes, one of the UK’s rarest breeding birds. Working in partnership with Woolston Eyes Conservation Group to restore and extend precious we...

New report urges Government to change course on nature protection amidst summer of wildfiresA new report published today by The Wildlife Trusts warns that the Government is on track to harm nature’s a...

The Scottish Rewilding Alliance is calling on Scottish Ministers to convene a national Scottish Landscape Resilience Summit to bring together land managers, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS)...

India is currently in the middle of its summer monsoon, but this year’s rainfall presents an interesting paradox. Much of the country has received less rain than usual so far, yet has still been hit b...

Firefighters have been battling a vast wildfire in the hills above Blaenavon in south Wales, spreading across more than 4,000 hectares, for three weeks.Around 200 military personnel were called in to ...

A 15-foot python named after Hollywood star Jodie Foster has made a full recovery after becoming what is believed to be the first snake in the world to receive a pioneering cancer treatment usually us...

Royal Entomological Society leads landmark research project, funded by Natural England and The Crown Estate, to understand the changing needs of some of our rarest insects and plants to prevent their ...

On a warm evening in May, swifts scream over rooftops, chasing insects above the traffic. A fox slips along a garden wall while gulls squabble on a supermarket roof. We tend to treat these animals as ...

While wildfires dominated the headlines this summer, the effects of extreme heat and drought are also visible on a much smaller scale: parched lawns, wilting and browning trees and dry ditches and bog...

Rural school pupils visiting Trees for Life’s Dundreggan rewilding estate near Loch Ness have been helping shape a pioneering nature-based research programme to boost young people’s mental health and ...