Landmark COP15 agreement gives nature hope for the future, if implementation follows
After twelve days of talks and two years of delay, negotiators at COP15 in Montreal have agreed a historic global deal to protect nature.
Blog: Wildlife
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Hibernation – wildlife’s winter survival strategy
The Wildlife Trusts’ youth activism manager, Arran Wilson, draws on his background as a lecturer in zoology to explore what exactly hibernation is, and which animals rely on it to get through…
Marvellous mustelids
Mammal expert Stuart Edmunds introduces this incredible collection of carnivores.
How important is the natural world to you?
Do you enjoy walking in a local woodland or field? Would you care if it became the latest site for a new housing estate? Or if the river or stream near your home became a dumping ground for raw…
Death caps and dead man’s fingers… fungi for a Happy Halloween!
I could start this blog with a clichéd phrase such as “the fabulous world of fungi” or "the magical world of mushrooms". But I prefer to call it the immersive and often quite addictive…
Making a Splash for Endangered Species
The UK population of White-clawed Crayfish has crashed due to the introduction of North American Signal Crayfish – a non-native species which carry a disease which White-claws have no resistance…