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'A little bit of paradise': Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire
a group of people stands outside Shadwell Overground station in east London
Housing

'A little bit of paradise': Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire

A garden remembering a victim of a fire in overcrowded London housing has been unveiled. 'It’s a little bit of a paradise in the urban environment,' says one resident
Behind the secret birth of London's first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means
A baby beaver swimming in the water
Rewilding

Behind the secret birth of London's first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means

'It was like the place was waiting for me': Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed
Our vendors

'It was like the place was waiting for me': Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed

Labour's plan for the climate and nature: The good, the bad and the glaringly absent
General election 2024

Labour's plan for the climate and nature: The good, the bad and the glaringly absent

'Nature is slowly healing': How rewilding is bringing Britain's extinct species back from the dead
Conservation

'Nature is slowly healing': How rewilding is bringing Britain's extinct species back from the dead

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Why did humans never learn to fly?
Humans can't fly!
Evolution

Why did humans never learn to fly?

How London's history-making beavers are adapting to life in the capital: 'They have a right to exist'
beavers
Environment

How London's history-making beavers are adapting to life in the capital: 'They have a right to exist'

Killing in the name of conservation is tricky business. Because we can, does it mean we should?
Nature

Killing in the name of conservation is tricky business. Because we can, does it mean we should?

'The image says it all': The meaning behind Banksy's new London tree mural, revealed
Art

'The image says it all': The meaning behind Banksy's new London tree mural, revealed

Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature review – natural highs from our natural world
Books

Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature review – natural highs from our natural world

Why we should all get to know a sheep 
Lambs with their mother
Farming

Why we should all get to know a sheep 

Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi
illustration of red spotted fungus
Nature

Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi

Meet the Fairtrade honey producer in Mexico empowering communities through beekeeping
beekeeping
Sponsored

Meet the Fairtrade honey producer in Mexico empowering communities through beekeeping

Incredible story behind man who created a dress out of nettles
Brown’s daughter Oonagh wearing his nettle dress, seven years in the making
Nature

Incredible story behind man who created a dress out of nettles

What the hermit of Loch Treig can teach you about living your best life
Illustration of a man next to a lake
Nature

What the hermit of Loch Treig can teach you about living your best life

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit
Sewage spills

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit

'Mindfulness is difficult. Exercise is exhausting. But anyone can go for a stroll through some trees'
A forest
Sam Delaney

'Mindfulness is difficult. Exercise is exhausting. But anyone can go for a stroll through some trees'

Chris Packham: 'My younger self would be my biggest critic'
Chris Packham
Punk and birds

Chris Packham: 'My younger self would be my biggest critic'

Our human-centred worldview is exactly what led us into the climate crisis
climate crisis
philosophy

Our human-centred worldview is exactly what led us into the climate crisis

Rescuing doomed orchids turned me into an outlaw
Illustration of a pink orchid
Nature

Rescuing doomed orchids turned me into an outlaw

Top 5 Books featuring carnivorous plants, chosen by Natasha Calder
Venus fly trap plant
Horror plantlife

Top 5 Books featuring carnivorous plants, chosen by Natasha Calder

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Jim Moir, Nancy Sorrell, Chris Packham and the fine art of birdwatching
conservation

Jim Moir, Nancy Sorrell, Chris Packham and the fine art of birdwatching

From feral to floof ball: The incredible evolution of cats
Illustration of a cat shaped sofa
Evolution

From feral to floof ball: The incredible evolution of cats

British rainforests: Rare ecosystems to be restored in Wales and the Isle of Man
A fragment of Britain's ancient rainforests at Coed Crafnant.
Biodiversity

British rainforests: Rare ecosystems to be restored in Wales and the Isle of Man

Chasing the Rains: the new series about animal matriarchs protecting their families
Chasing The Rains
Earth Day

Chasing the Rains: the new series about animal matriarchs protecting their families