Environment

The native white-clawed crayfish were found with mysterious orange patches all over their bodies.

Should the world stop eating meat to tackle the climate crisis? Chris Baraniuk meets an experimental farmer who says we don’t all have to become vegetarians.

Seaweed farms promise rural investment. But are the benefits overstated?

More than 6,000 non-native stoats have been removed from Orkney – an archipelago off the north coast of Scotland.

Anti-inflammatory drugs, pain relievers and untreated sewage were also detected in Earthwatch's annual river survey.

After just one year, the innovative river restoration technique, first pioneered in Oregon, has already delivered incredible benefits to both nature and people.

The new strategy outlines the major threats to hedgehogs that conservation NGOs, local councils and the Government must tackle collectively over the next decade to stop their decline.

The tauros, a type of wild cattle specially bred to resemble the long-lost aurochs, could be roaming the Dundreggan estate near Loch Ness in Scotland by 2026.

An estimated 230,000 badgers have been killed in the past decade.

Other nominees include the UK's widest oak, a tree believed to be more than 1,000 years old, and an ancient specimen shrouded in rainforest bryophytes.

Pollution, invasive species and habitat fragmentation are also listed as threats in the Embracing Nature report, published today by The Wildlife Trusts.

The Scottish Government has selected Galloway as the preferred site for a new national park in Scotland. What are the pros and cons?

Eight green shoots have been found growing from the base of the famous tree, 10 months after it was illegally felled.

The decrease coincides with the introduction of carrier bag charges a decade ago, says the Marine Conservation Society.

The study also reveals that seven out of ten young people have never seen a cow being milked and around one in five have never fed ducks.

A mix of planting and natural regeneration will be used to bring 146 acres of Atlantic rainforest back to Pembrokeshire.

Analysis of the 149 bones found in the cliffs of Compton Bay suggests the dinosaur was the size a large American bison.

The magical phenomenon that caused parts of the Welsh coastline to turn neon blue was captured on camera by photographer Lee McGrath.

Nature is suffering in the UK, and something has to be done, according to a coalition of 83 nature groups, including the National Trust and the RSPB. James Fair explains why they are taking the government to court – and marching to protest in London.

The unique photographic record, which spans 70 years, brings Scottish nature restoration into sharp focus, says Simon Birch.