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.
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Research has revealed how British otters may have been able to recover from species loss in the 1950s with the help of otters from Asia.
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.
Maths plays a crucial role in new research which finds that bats “leapfrog” their way home at night.
North American ornithologists are seeking to replace all bird species named after people - but what should they be called instead?
And a recent history of wildcat hybridisation.
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
Their drawings did not reflect the make up of the natural world.
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.
From a low of 11 males in 1997, Britain now has 228 booming bitterns at 103 sites nationwide.
Once confined to the Canary Islands, noble false widow spiders are casting their web worldwide.
Nestled among farmland, solar farms can be a refuge for wildlife.
Garden surveys reveal what makes a house a home for Britain’s favourite mammal.
These wetland birds were eradicated in the 17th century, but breeding pairs returned in 1979.
Beavers in our landscapes have great potential to provide small-scale adaptations to climate change – if humans can figure out how to live with them.
Cold-water corals live in the Atlantic’s frigid depths – and the UK is a stronghold for them.
A new study suggests lynxes were in Britain as recently as the 18th century.
“Will it become a wood again, how long will it take, which species will be in it?”
Eating bird food was also linked to a nearly four-fold increase in their breeding densities.
Seagrass meadows are a powerful ally in the effort to slow climate change and reverse wildlife losses.
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Professor of Botany, Edge Hill University
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Honorary Professor of Genetics, Evolution & Environment, UCL
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Associate Lecturer in Arts and Humanities, The Open University
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Associate Professor of Marine Science and Sustainability, Umeå University
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PhD Candidate, Forest Ecology, Resilience and Biodiversity Conservation, University of Stirling
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Honorary Visiting Research Fellow, Bangor University
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PhD Candidate in Marine Conservation, Heriot-Watt University
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Professor of Zoology, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor in Bioarchaeology, Head of Archaeology and Conservation, Cardiff University
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Senior Lecturer in Ecology, Royal Holloway University of London
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Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures/Professor of Sustainability in Higher Education, Keele University
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Emeritus Professor, Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Fellow, Keele University
