Bumper butterfly summer? Charity urges people to join UK-wide count to find out

Biodiversity
BiodiversityButterfly Conservationclimate changeWildlife

Barking up the right tree: Monty Don’s garden brings joy to dogs after Chelsea

Battersea
BatterseaGardeningRoyal Horticultural Society

Stars show off their gnomes as Chelsea Flower Show gets under way

Alan Titchmarsh
Alan TitchmarshBill BaileyBrian MayChelsea Flower ShowFloella BenjaminGardeningRoyal Horticultural Society

Public able to view vets in action at ZSL’s planned wildlife health centre

Animals
AnimalsLondon ZooZoological Society of LondonZSL

Chelsea Flower Show garden to ‘inspire curiosity’ gets royal seal of approval

Chelsea Flower Show
Chelsea Flower ShowDavid BeckhamKingRoyal

Rare lynx photo wins public vote in prestigious wildlife award

Wildlife
photographylynxwildlifeWildlife

King dons sturdy shoes on trek to mark launch of coastal path and nature reserve

Charles
CharlesEast SussexKingnatural englandRoyalWalking

Warmer weather set to bring ‘welcome explosion’ of spring colour, RHS says

Plants
PlantsRoyal Horticultural SocietyWeather

Egg hunt reveals record numbers for rare butterflies after hedges grow wild

Butterfly Conservation
Butterfly ConservationConservationNational TrustSouth Wales

Bird, butterfly and dragonfly numbers soar at flagship rewilding project

Biodiversity
BiodiversityEnvironmentWest Sussex

Rare twins born to mountain gorilla family in Virunga National Park

Conservation
ConservationDemocratic Republic of Congoendangered speciesRwandaUgandaVirunga National Park

Transatlantic cable equipment and gnome garden among heritage protected in 2025

Cheshire
CheshireCornwallDorsetEssexGreenwichHerefordshireHistoric EnglandHistoryKentLiverpoolSurreyUniversity of ManchesterYorkshire Dales

Cheese-rolling, ceilidhs and crafts: Call launched for UK ‘living heritage’ list

Cheese rolling
Cheese rollingNotting Hill Carnival

Pine martens released in scheme to restore lost native species to Exmoor

Animals
AnimalsBiodiversityEnvironmentNational TrustWildlife

Bumper crops of apples and pumpkins despite drought and record hot summer

Agriculture
Agricultureclimate changeEnvironmentNational TrustRoyal Horticultural SocietyWeather

Major new assessment recognises four separate giraffe species for the first time

Conservation
Conservationendangered speciesInternational Union for Conservation of NatureIUCNWildlife

Could white storks return to London? Public’s views sought on ‘talismanic’ bird

Ealing
EalingLondonSurreyUniversity of BrightonWest Sussex

Conservationists ‘overjoyed’ at successful breeding by rare Montagu’s harriers

Birds
BirdsConservationRSPBWildlife

‘Historic moment’ as reintroduced pine martens produce young on Dartmoor

Dartmoor
DartmoorDevonExmoorsouth-west EnglandWoodland Trust

Lake District walkers urged to look out for England’s only mountain butterfly

Butterfly
ButterflyButterfly ConservationLake District

Gardening with a more ‘natural’ feel takes centre stage at Chelsea Flower Show

Chelsea Flower Show
Chelsea Flower ShowEnvironmentGardenNature

Chelsea Flower Show returns with a focus on climate, nature – and a love of dogs

Chelsea Flower Show
Chelsea Flower ShowEnvironment

‘Watershed’ moment as first legal wild release of beavers in England takes place

Dorset
DorsetEnvironmentNational Trustnatural englandWildlife

‘When you put them back our wildlife blossoms’ – How beavers help nature, and us

Biodiversity
BiodiversityConservationDevon

Wild releases of beavers in England get go-ahead in ‘milestone’ for nature

Defra
DefraNational Trustnatural england

Farmers team up with National Trust to create wood pasture for songbirds

Biodiversity
BiodiversityDorsetGovernmentNational Trust

Public given chance to vote for favourite wildlife image from ‘exceptional’ list

Natural History Museum
Natural History MuseumWildlife

Bison introduced to Kent woodland welcome two new calves to the herd