Fewer than 40% of people are willing to make their gardens more wildlife friendly, a new study has revealed – but according to scientists, better policies could help protect biodiversity.  A new study ...

Scottish climate-tech platform also selected for University of Edinburgh’s AI AcceleratorAI-powered climate-tech platform Calterra has been awarded £96,000 in SMART Grant funding from Scottish ...

It must be tough being a judge on the world’s most prestigious environmental prize: imagine having to choose between an ingenious machine that removes microplastics from a river in Europe, or a ...

A University of Chester academic who has grown an internationally recognised mint collection and won back-to-back Royal Horticultural Society awards is inspiring the next generation through a ...

Conservationists are hailing a year of wins for Cheshire wildlife, including planting 14,000 trees, establishing and restoring 1.6km of hedgerow, and removing 500m3 of fly tipped rubbish from a ...

The UK government is deciding whether to approve a licence for Jackdaw gasfield, around 250km east of Aberdeen, in the North Sea. This is being presented by supporters as part of the answer to Britain ...

Thirteen young Hen Harriers are getting set to take to the Cumbrian skies as RSPB Geltsdale celebrates its best breeding season for one of the country’s most spectacular, but sadly most illegally ...

Nearly half parliamentary constituencies have limited access to nature, despite climate extremes increasing need for cool, ...

Saltwater isn’t something most people associate with English farmland. But in parts of eastern England, it’s becoming a growing problem, and not just for crops, but for farm incomes too. In our new ...

Dandelions, love them or hate them, are blooming in abundance all over the UK this spring. As an ecologist who studies the insects which visit these flowers, so redolent of sunshine, I have never been ...

I joined eight other experts to deliver a national emergency briefing in late November on the climate and nature to around 1,200 of the UK’s leaders — across politics, business, faith and culture — in ...

We replaced the stove with plywood, turning the kitchen of the dive boat into an impromptu research lab. Plugging in wires and connecting tubing, we assembled a scientific instrument within the ...