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

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

‘Beautiful’ Roman mosaic depicting dolphins and fish uncovered in Shropshire dig

Archaeology
ArchaeologyEnglish HeritageRomans

Archaeologists restore profile of Britain’s oldest chalk figure

Archaeology
ArchaeologyEnglish HeritageEnvironmentHistoryNational Trust

Hairy hogs and Longhorn cattle act as ‘living lawnmowers’ to help rare butterfly

Butterfly Conservation
Butterfly ConservationEnvironmentExmoorNational Trust

Visitors to get first glimpse of one of the world’s largest frogs at London Zoo

Conservation
ConservationLondon ZooZoological Society of London

Adults must make ‘pledges’ to access children’s Chelsea Flower Show garden

Chelsea Flower Show
Chelsea Flower ShowEnvironmentNatureRoyal Horticultural SocietyTrees