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Climate change is altering the lives of UK wildlife, from hotter, drier summers and changing rainfall patterns to shifts in the seasonal availability of food. For dormice and other wild …

Weird, wonderful and slightly spooky: species in need of a helping hand Halloween is the perfect time to celebrate the weird, wonderful and slightly spooky side of the natural world. …

Applications for Capital Grants open soon If you’re a farmer or land manager planning hedgerow management work in England, now is the time to get organised. Applications for Capital Grants …

In 1997, stag beetles (more formally, greater or European stag beetles, Lucanus cervus) were made a ‘priority species’ in the then UK Biodiversity Action Plan. There was evidence to suggest …

A new chapter for Leicestershire’s dormice There’s some exciting wildlife news from Bradgate Park this week as more than 40 hazel dormice have been released into one of the park’s …

After a decade of surveys across the Peak District, Dr Carlos Bedson reflects on the people, places and moments behind long-term mountain hare research, how early support from PTES helped make the …

Slow lorises live almost entirely unseen by humans. Active only at night and hidden high in the forest canopy, they are notoriously difficult to study. But researchers are now using …

At about the size and weight of a pygmy shrew, the stag beetle, Lucanus cervus, has few rivals for the title of Europe’s biggest beetle. From the tip of their …

For those of us of a certain latitude (north of 23.5 degrees North or south of the same number of degrees South), our annual trip round the Sun is a …

Woodland restoration sparks enthusiasm for NDMP Coed Pentre Ifan is an ancient woodland site in north Pembrokeshire, which was planted with conifers in the 1960s. Despite this, a significant number …

We have long thought that one of the drivers of the declining dormouse population in the UK is related to the number of litters that are produced in spring. Adult …

Red squirrels are one of the UK’s most threatened native mammals, their range now limited to a handful of strongholds where suitable habitat remains and pressure from non-native grey squirrels is kept …