4+ hour, 26+ min ago  (262+ words) The Caribbean island of Montserrat is the latest UK overseas territory to join the Blue Belt Programme "the UK Government's leading international marine conservation initiative. The government will work closely with the Blue Belt Programme to implement new science-based fishery…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (402+ words) The UK is home to 60 species of butterfly " from the Red Admiral to Holly Blue " but which individual is the nation's favourite? Today, wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is launching the first-ever vote to crown Britain's most-loved butterfly. From Friday 15 May…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (521+ words) The use of Google's Artificial Intelligence tool Species Net is significantly speeding up the thorough process of tracking wildlife, say researchers at Washington State University (WSU)." Usually this process would involve camera traps, which are motion-activated cameras placed in forests…...

1+ mon, 20+ hour ago  (388+ words) More than 125 pilot whales and several Atlantic white-sided dolphins were killed earlier this week in the Faroe Island's first grindadr'p (grind) of 2026, around 200 miles north of Scotland. Marine conservation organisation, Sea Shepherd, documented the hunt near the village of S'ndav'gur…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (310+ words) In the last few months, researchers revealed that, across Europe, forests and grasslands are transitioning to plants that are better adapted to warmer climates, while cold-adapted mountain flora is disappearing at a strikingly rapid pace. This shift has "profound consequences…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (914+ words) Beyond the refined side of safari, I was craving the raw beauty of Kenya " the kind you can only find by getting your boots dusty. There's a special kind of adrenaline that comes from leaving the paved roads behind and…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (938+ words) I checked my Thermos again. It was still empty. Having been sat for five hours on the edge of one of the unnamed, braided glacial rivers that feeds the Ikudliayuk fjord in northernmost Nunavik, Canada, with nothing other than a…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (453+ words) While many of us enjoy watching birds at a feeder, the latest conservation advice suggests that the most sustainable way to support our feathered friends is to provide for them naturally. Another key piece of advice is to stop using…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (327+ words) A kelp forest off the coast of Sydney, Australia is set to make history by being the first kelp forest to be officially named in the world. Stretching for around seven hectares, the Coogee reef "home to restored crayweed forests…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (312+ words) Colonies of northern fulmars swoop and dive along the rock face, using the powerful updrafts to glide effortlessly between their precarious nesting ledges. Below, I spy the bright orange bill of an oystercatcher probing the rocks at the base of…...