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Children benefit from daily interaction with nature, finds study

Common or Hazel Dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius

Public urged to help endangered dormice as winter approaches

Forest

What is the future of Britain’s forests?

Kitchen tap with plants

Film series highlights ‘small but impactful’ changes people can make to protect the environment

The Allerton Oak stands in Liverpool's Calderstones Park. ©Jill Jennings/Woodland Trust

Liverpool’s Allerton Oak named England’s Tree of the Year

Couple walking in Beech woodlands in autumn

Spending more time in forests is good for both people and the planet

Beach at sunrise

Lonely Planet names England one of the world’s top countries for 2020

Stream through Horner Wood, Holnicote Estate, Somerset. One of the largest and most beautiful ancient oak woods in Britain, a National Nature Reserve nestled on the Holnicote estate.

Pioneering project aims to return rivers to their natural paths

Red squirrel in autumn

Red squirrels move further into the Highlands thanks to reintroduction project

Field of sheep in front of a factory

Environment Bill: what’s in it and what does it mean for the countryside?

Wood warbler on branch

Birds benefitting from climate change today may struggle tomorrow

Pine marten in woodlands

Pine martens reintroduced to Forest of Dean

Gannet and Guga (c) Maggie Sheddan

Conservation charity urges public to report young gannets in trouble

Main image ©Matthew Roberts for The Wildlife Trusts

Prescribing nature is good value for money, finds report

Badger in bluebells

Badger cull could be counterproductive, new study reveals