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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 …

As we move into the new year, it’s once again time to submit your dormouse survey data. There are several different reporting routes, depending on the type of work you’ve carried out, so we’ve put together the guidance …

Thanks to your support, PTES is funding pioneering work in India to save two of the world’s rarest primates: golden langurs and western hoolock gibbons. Roads and deforestation have fragmented …

A special thank you to Wildwood Kent and Jazz Woollard for contributing this article. In August, we announced a new project at Wildwood Kent that is improving how small mammals …

New dormouse handbooks They have been a long time in preparation, but we are delighted to announce that the third editions of the Hazel Dormouse Conservation and Mitigation Handbooks have …

If you’ve ever lifted the lid of a nest box on a cool morning and found a curled-up dormouse barely moving, you’ve probably witnessed torpor in action. This fascinating state …

Historical records Hazel dormice are small, shy, and nocturnal, spending most of their lives in trees and shrubs. These traits make them difficult to find and even harder to monitor …

You and I are simians, the family of primates that includes monkeys and apes, and like all simians, we sit on a branch of the mammal family tree.  As such, …