1+ hour, 40+ min ago  (488+ words) A major digitisation effort is set to transform access to Britain’s natural history collections. Oxford and Cambridge universities have announced a two-year collaboration to digitise over 1.1 million natural history specimens through the new DiSSCo UK Central England Hub, part of…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (513+ words) The Peacock butterfly has been crowned Oxfordshire’s favourite. It follows a public vote and Butterfly Conservation is now encouraging residents to join the Big Butterfly Count and help track the species’ numbers. The Peacock also topped the national poll, earning…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (252+ words) The ethical treatment of animals will take centre stage at an upcoming international conference in Oxford. Animal experts, advocates and academics from around the world will gather at Merton College for the 11th annual Oxford Animal Ethics Summer School, organised by…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (284+ words) TV wildlife legend Steve Backshall backs the announcement of a new natural history GCSE (Image: PA/Adam Charlton (RSPB-Images)/Canva) A new GCSE is set to be introduced to enable young people to learn about the natural world. Students in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (585+ words) A “remarkable landscape” of Jurassic geology, heritage, limestone grasslands and wildlife in the Cotswolds has been declared the UK's latest national nature reserve. The Cheltenham Escarpment, overlooking the Regency spa town and horse-racing centre in Gloucestershire, over the Oxfordshire border,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (438+ words) The RSPCA has shared simple steps to help save bees as UK populations dwindle. The animal welfare charity is marking World Bee Day on May 20 with advice on how people at home can play a role in helping prevent local…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (511+ words) An increasingly rare bird has been spotted on a site set for a 3,000 home development. Members of Sandford Parish Council and members of animal group Nature in the Leys spotted a yellowhammer bird at Sandford Brake Farm near Grenoble Road…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (269+ words) A writer and former academic researcher has written a book about some of nature's most hated 'beasts', such as wasps, snakes, sharks and cockroaches, rethinking their place in the natural world. Zoologist Dr Jo Wimpenny is the author of Beauty…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (299+ words) The exhibition, titled Lee Miller: A Woman at War, will be on display at the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock from May 23 to September 13. The exhibition follows a major show of her work at London’s Tate Gallery. David and…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1236+ words) Although we know it won’t be long before we return to the spring and the light, this time of the year can seem very dark indeed. February can be the most severe month of the winter, and it’s particularly hard…...