Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

After pubs and clubs get rates relief, authors back open letter calling for similar support for bookshops, described as the ‘beating hearts’ of high streets

Britain exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to Turkey last year, leaving smallholders and poor districts of Adana to cope with the debris, microplastics and toxic smoke

For Julia Lee, tearing out her lawn and replacing it with drought tolerant plants was about more than saving water. It was also an opportunity to connect with her neighbors.

Boot glyphosate out of gardens and growing spaces by joining our ‘Growers Against Glyphosate’ campaign - and call on the government to ban this dangerous…

Dorset Wildlife Trust is delighted to announce that we have secured the purchase of a vital parcel of land at the heart of Upton Heath.

Wildlife film-maker Martin Dohrn is bee obsessed. He has found over 60 species in his Bristol garden and sets out to film them, with mind-blowing results.

I had to deal with the energy shock in Germany after Putin invaded Ukraine. The solution now is the same: buy ourselves out of the fossil fuels trap, says Robert Habeck, former vice-Chancellor of Germ...

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.

Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tra...

Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable

Houseplants appear to make conversation and yearn for lost friends in a witty yet luminous documentary from Jesse McLean

Over 120 years ago, a monumental work recording more than 500 species of tree in Britain and Ireland was published. A new version focuses on the pioneering images it contained

We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...

Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds

Corridors of nectar-rich plants encourage pollination and brighten up city streets at the same time

Pesticide-free movement has grown, but many local authorities still spray weedkiller linked to wildlife declines and cancer

Accurate monitoring of butterfly populations serves as a valuable indicator of ecosystem health, helps determine the impacts of environmental changes, and can contribute to the conservation of threate...

UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...

Five thousand new homes alongside a paradise for newts appears to fly in face of government’s ‘false wedge’

Exploring family, health & wellbeing, reconnecting with nature, exploration of personal space and appreciating immediate surroundings.

Do you wish you had a pond, but don’t have the space? Here’s a great idea to turn your drainpipe into a mini-pond with built in water supply – you’ll have your very own wetland reserve. And it...

Life as a train ride across the country

More than 2,000 cultural figures challenge Whitehall’s eagerness ‘to ­wrap our lives’ work in attractive paper for automated competitors’ Original British art and creative skill is in peril thanks to the rise of AI and the government’s plans to loosen…