How do you persuade farmers and the local community to join one of Scotland’s biggest land restoration projects? Call in a psychologistA hunter, conservationist and psychologist are working on a rewilding project. It sounds like the start of a joke, th…
Chelsea flower show: a garden with a green message for the green-fingered
RHS entry includes old concrete and drainpipes alongside the blooms to highlight the importance of environmentally friendly gardeningA week before the opening of the UK’s most prestigious flower show, the site is full of JCBs and people in hi-vis vests…
River of life: zoo’s yearly count finds seals thriving on Thames
Hundreds of dozing seals show how much cleaner the river is since it was declared dead in the 1950s“This is a sushi conveyor belt,” says the boat’s skipper, Stuart Barnes, as we watch the customers, dozens of harbour seals slumbering on sandbanks at th…
Could you spot a grampy pig? Schools could soon offer natural history GCSE
Course would aim to instil love of wildlife in teens and inspire them to protect it. Plus: test your knowledge with our quizWhat is the difference between a weasel and a stoat? Can you name five native UK woodland flowers? What birds are considered low…
Trees should be planted without plastic guards, says UK study
Woodland Trust and National Trust trial sustainable alternatives to plastic protection for millions of saplingsPlanting trees without plastic tree guards should be standard practice, a UK study has found, as leading conservation charities and landowner…
Rewilding: should we bring the lynx back to Britain?
Reintroducing the big cats could control deer numbers and enrich ecosystems but farmers and the public need reassurance, say expertsThe maverick rewilder Derek Gow is wearing an extremely small pair of coral pink shorts as he introduces his three new E…
Ever heard a shrew warble? Secret sounds of small mammals revealed
Discover how bat detectors are used to capture the hypersonic world of voles, shrews and wood mice – and listen in yourselfIt sounds like the alarm call of a macaque but is in fact the slowed-down squeak of a pygmy shrew. This warbling call is an insig…