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 …

Wildlife charity needs as many citizen scientists as possible to record mammal sightings in gardens, parks, riverbanks and churchyards. Hundreds of volunteers across the UK will be looking in their …

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 …

New report urges Government to stop pollution at source, fix the broken water system, and restore nature to England’s rivers, lakes and seas in next generation water reforms. A major …

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 …