Wildlife
'Nature is slowly healing': How rewilding is bringing Britain's extinct species back from the dead
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'Nature is slowly healing': How rewilding is bringing Britain's extinct species back from the dead
The amazing powers of regeneration are evident in sites across the country, where reintroduced species restore habitats and long-lost beetles emerge from extinction
The comeback kids: The 5 'lost' wildlife species returning from extinction to the UK
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The comeback kids: The 5 'lost' wildlife species returning from extinction to the UK
Top 5 children's books about animals, selected by Oscar's Lion author Adam Baron
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Top 5 children's books about animals, selected by Oscar's Lion author Adam Baron
How climate catastrophe is affecting geese should be a grave warning for us all
How climate catastrophe is affecting geese should be a grave warning for us all
Farmers are often portrayed as climate villains – but they hold the key to our future food security
Farmers are often portrayed as climate villains – but they hold the key to our future food security
Chasing the Rains: the new series about animal matriarchs protecting their families
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Chasing the Rains: the new series about animal matriarchs protecting their families
How to care for your garden during a heatwave and a hosepipe ban
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How to care for your garden during a heatwave and a hosepipe ban
100 rare species will be at risk if the government scraps EU law protecting habitats, charities warn
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100 rare species will be at risk if the government scraps EU law protecting habitats, charities warn
How you can help boost bee and butterfly populations with a new government app
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How you can help boost bee and butterfly populations with a new government app
Exclusive: The UK's rarest and most threatened wildlife sites are not being protected properly
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Exclusive: The UK's rarest and most threatened wildlife sites are not being protected properly
Why you should stop mowing your lawn to help the bees
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Why you should stop mowing your lawn to help the bees
Britain is facing an invisible extinction of biodiversity
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Britain is facing an invisible extinction of biodiversity
The government needs to 'put climate and nature at the heart of education in the UK'
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The government needs to 'put climate and nature at the heart of education in the UK'
Government's new ‘nature recovery’ strategy has no target for improving river pollution
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Government's new ‘nature recovery’ strategy has no target for improving river pollution
Government ignores scientific advice to approve bee-harming pesticide
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Government ignores scientific advice to approve bee-harming pesticide
The smell of Christmas trees is not just a portal to the past, but a path to a better future
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The smell of Christmas trees is not just a portal to the past, but a path to a better future
Artist creates stunning wildlife collages using scraps of The Big Issue
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Artist creates stunning wildlife collages using scraps of The Big Issue
Here's how to take part in this winter's Great British owl survey
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Here's how to take part in this winter's Great British owl survey
How to photograph your local wildlife | Chris Packham
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