Teenagers Eva Wishart and Emily Smith launch project to breed and release 250 of the tiny animals by September

Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth

Chris Packham calls for Britain to end fast-growing chicken breeds in public procurement, citing animal welfare concerns and government action.

Following North Yorkshire Police’s appeal for information about the recent discovery of a Marsh Harrier with gunshot injuries found in the Westerdale area of the North York Moors National Par…

El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is seeking evidence on the environmental and animal health and welfare impacts of gamebird rea...

Earlier this month, researcher, writer and campaigner Guy Shrubsole blogged about his latest examination of reported Pheasants numbers in England. Pheasant (photo by Ronnie Gilbert) As he’s d…

Save Weston Big Wood from development

A train window can reduce a place to scenery: beautiful, fleeting and largely unexplained. A new community arts project is asking the people who live on a railway line connecting Leeds and Morecambe, ...

Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisis

Last month the RSPB announced the successful fledging of six red-listed Montagu’s Harrier chicks from two nests at a secret location in England (see here). The UK’s rarest breeding bird…

Dah! Pret “doing the right thing naturally” again, by making promises, then breaking them, and then moving the deadline 5 years further down the road, in hopes people forget. … “it&#821…