Head of Public Affairs Matthew Browne responds to the first environmental application of the Planning & Infrastructure Act ...

Today, the Bank of England reveals the four British wildlife species that will feature on the next series of UK banknotes. This decision follows a record-breaking public consultation that attracted ...

Ahead of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s COP17, The Wildlife Trusts warn urgent action is needed to get the UK’s nature commitments back on track. The UK is off track to meet its global ...

The hotly contested Planning and Infrastructure Act is soon to be tried and tested for the first time, with Norfolk’s draft Environment Delivery Plan (EDP) and associated consultation recently ...

One of our most wild-seeming landscapes, heathland has actually been shaped by human actions. It began at least 5000 years ago, when humans started clearing trees growing on infertile soils, probably ...

The Wildlife Trusts’ vision is of a thriving natural world, with our wildlife and natural habitats playing a valued role in addressing the climate and ecological emergencies, and everyone inspired to ...

The tawny mining bee is a furry, gingery bee that can often be seen in parks and gardens during the springtime. Look for a volcano-like mound of earth in the lawn that marks the entrance to its burrow ...

The National Water Vole Database Project (NWVDP) is the only project of its kind in the UK. By bringing together and mapping water vole and mink data, we can inform conservation efforts to give ratty ...

Escaped or intentionally freed from fur farms in the 1960s, the American mink is now well established in the UK. Its carnivorous nature is a threat to our native water vole and seabird populations.

With dozens of butterflies and thousands of moths in the UK, there's a huge variety of caterpillars to be found. This caterpillar identification page will help you identify some of the most commonly ...