As the seasons turn and the nights draw in, the countryside of the British Isles seems alive with omens: an owl's screech, or ...

Forestry England has restored 170 hectares of heathland in the New Forest since 2019 with a further 190 hectares planned over the next 5 years. The work follows a devastating year of heath fires ...

Enjoy spectacular views of mountain scenery, wooded islands and secluded bays from England’s largest lake. Cruises depart from Ambleside, Brockhole, Bowness and Lakeside and range from 45 minutes to ...

Originally published: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001 ...

This article explores some of the ways in which historians can, and should, engage with current debates about the environment. What we often think of as ‘natural’ habitats in Britain – heaths, ancient ...

It’s 7.45am in west Pembrokeshire and an impromptu convoy is snaking down a back road to nowhere. Delivery drivers scowl in passing places as cars stream past. We’re en route – that’s me and eight ...

A SPECIES of instinct thought to be extinct in Britain for almost a decade has been spotted. The discovery was made at the ...

A wild population of red-necked wallabies, named after their distinctive patch of rust-coloured fur, has lived on the island since the 1960s, when a few escaped from a wildlife park. Some ...

A snow leopard, which was the oldest living in captivity in Britain, has died. Pavan, known as Pav, was put "peacefully to ...

Recent sightings of praying mantises in Cornwall gardens mark the first records of a species of mantis living in the county.