Climate change puts pressure on British butterflies and moths - sometimes pushing them to the edges of their geographical range or shifting the timing of their life cycle so they can’t feed.
New research suggests the gut bacteria of red and grey squirrels differ significantly, potentially explaining the decline of the native red and the success of its grey counterpart.
The greater horseshoe bat is one of the UK’s 18 bat species.
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The extinction of the wolf in Britain was widely celebrated as an achievement towards the creation of a more civilised world.
Biodiversity Heritage Library
I have spent five years tracking down more than 10,000 accounts of wildlife by naturalists, travellers, historians and even poets, all written between 1529 and 1772
There are arguments over the future of red deer on the Scottish island of South Uist but archaeological expertise can help people live alongside wild animals.
The Eurasian bittern in its favoured wetland habitat.
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