Successfully restoring keystone species such as beavers, elk and bison is “crucial” to bringing nature back to life in the UK, conservationists have said. Nature charity Rewilding Britain said that ...

The UK is waking up to the urgent need to restore its native oyster reefs. A new project is planned in which 15 million ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. European elk could be reintroduced to the UK for the first time in 3,000 years (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Elk could return to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ecologists in West Sussex recently recorded a jaw-dropping 283 purple emperor butterflies in a single day at the Knepp Castle ...

A partnership of charities, landowners and businesses has joined together to save and repair a connected area of blanket bog ...

In one of the first and biggest projects of its kind in Scotland, a landscape of more than 1,000 hectares of a globally rare and threatened habitat is being restored near Loch Ness, as part of Britain ...

It was the straw that first alerted locals something was awry in their rural community in the Scottish Highlands. Tufts lying along the road around Cairngorms National Park were mixed with bits of ...

In one of the first and biggest projects of its kind in Scotland, a landscape of more than 1,000 hectares of a globally rare and threatened habitat is being restored near Loch Ness, as part of ...

Elk could return to the UK for the first time in around 3,000 years as part of an ambitious rewilding plan for the East Midlands. Despite once being widespread across the country, European elk were ...