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Second-largest rodent thriving in Essex

• Updated: 28 March 2024

A huge new wetland site has been created next to the Hamble Brook in Buckinghamshire.

• Updated: 27 March 2024

The recovery of rare, threatened and important habitats and species in English waters is another step closer from today (Friday 22 March 2024).

• Updated: 22 March 2024

It will no longer be possible to keep primates as household pets in environments that fail to provide for their needs

• Updated: 5 March 2024

Environment Agency warns poor crop-management could increase region's flooding and pollution

• Updated: 28 February 2024

Devon’s Pebblebed Heaths National Nature Reserve to extended by nearly 90 hectares, the equivalent of 128 football pitches, to encompass a unique wetland

• Updated: 16 February 2024

Members of the public can attend a public drop-in session between 6pm and 9pm on Wednesday 7 February at the village hall in Snailbeach near Shrewsbury.

• Updated: 24 January 2024

Throughout 2023, the Marine Management Organisation and Studland Bay Marine Partnership (SBMP) have continued to take forward initiatives to protect Studland Bay’s precious marine ecosystems.

• Updated: 27 October 2023

Encouraging population increase as 54 nests recorded

• Updated: 16 September 2023

West Penwith Moors and Downs (Halow ha GonyowPennwydh West) confirmed as latest SSSI.

• Updated: 28 June 2023

Hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal, killer whale and sperm whale set to be protected under Ivory Act extension

• Updated: 23 May 2023

‘King’s Series of National Nature Reserves’ to be launched, with first to be declared in Lincolnshire

• Updated: 1 May 2023

Darwin Plus Strategic initiative opens for the first time, supporting ambitious, transformative projects to tackle biodiversity loss in the UK Overseas Territories

• Updated: 29 April 2023

UK government awards nearly £40 million to more than 80 projects through the Darwin Initiative and Illegal Wildlife Trade Challenge Fund

• Updated: 29 April 2023

Shropshire Wildlife Trust receives £100,000 for nature-based watercourse protection and water quality enhancement projects after company's permit breach.

• Updated: 29 March 2023

Winter flood maintenance encourages wildlife and biodiversity into rivers and streams. Widespread eels important indicator of healthy waterways

• Updated: 10 February 2023

Five-year delivery plan to restore nature and improve the environmental quality of the air, our waters and our land 

• Updated: 31 January 2023

Environment Agency funding sees eels, bullheads and brook lamprey back in England's rainforest.

• Updated: 30 January 2023

David Rillie received a suspended prison sentence and was ordered to pay costs of almost £74,000, for illegally grazing cattle on a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

• Updated: 9 January 2023

Plans will benefit protected wildlife sites and create new habitats for nature

• Updated: 25 November 2022