Environment

The fish check their own reflection

Fish ‘checks its body size in the mirror before getting into fights’

Hobson's Hedgehog Cup

Football’s Hobsons Hedgehog Cup semi-final draw revealed

Professor Ian Rotherham talks about baby blackbirds assuming their adult plumage

Professor Ian Rotherham talks baby blackbirds assuming adult plumage

Johnny Rudd serves up conservation at SEA LIFE Birmingham

SEA LIFE leads the way with conservation for endangered creature

Small steps, big impact: 7 ways to make the most of Zero Waste Week

Great British Litter Survey: Tackling the UK’s growing litter crisis

Large yellow underwing moths

Nature expert looks at what could be the UK's most common big moth

A dozen "magnificent oaks" have been shortlisted for this year's Tree of the Year contest, with the public now able to vote for their favourite.

12 'magnificent oaks' shortlisted for Tree of the Year 2024

It’s best to avoid disposable barbecues, says a royal gardener

Royal gardener reveals tips for environmentally safer barbecues

How to keep cats away from wildlife

More than half of Brits inspired by musicians to be more sustainable

Animals

Visitors to a Thailand zoo are being warned to treat its animal with care amid the fan frenzy surrounding baby hippopotamus, Moo Deng.

Viral pygmy hippo sparks fan frenzy

Visitors to a Thailand zoo are being warned to treat its animal with care amid the fan frenzy surrounding baby hippopotamus, Moo Deng.

Rahmah Ghazali

Battle the alligator attacks camera with 80-teeth strong bite.

Watch: Battle the alligator attacks camera with 80-teeth strong bite

Meet the adorable one-horned Rhino - a gentle giant who loves to play

Meet the adorable one-horned Rhino - a gentle giant who loves to play

From the left - Elena Michalczuk, 11, Grace Pratt, 10, Cordelia Donald, 9, Amy Brooks, 11, with Klara Remmington and Bandit the cat.

Watch: Lollipop lady’s cat helps school children cross road

Caught on CCTV: Herd of deer trespass on railway line

Caught on CCTV: Herd of deer trespass on railway line

RSPB

Fen Raft Spider on the Dyke networks of the Lower Waveney Valley.

Watch: Rat-sized spiders back in UK - they're big enough to hunt fish

Dolphins playfully leap beside boat in Bridlington. Credit: Steve Race Wildlife Photography

Joyful dolphins frolic and leap as they follow boat back to shore

Win a £4.5m home in Cornwall and an all-electric VW Campervan

Win £4.5m Cornwall home and VW Campervan with Omaze

4.5m Cornwall coastal home up for grabs in Omaze prize draw.

Watch: £4.5m Cornwall coastal home up for grabs in Omaze prize draw

Nature

(Images: Royal Mail/Getty Images/Pexels)

'I'm in awe' - Royal Mail unveils stamp collection with spider theme

The 10 unique designs celebrate UK arachnids 🕷️

Alex Nelson

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been hit with a $100mil (£76.4mil) default judgement in a sexual assault lawsuit after failing to respond to the case.

Rapper hit with $100m sexual assault lawsuit

‘Nature gap’ means poorer children don't learn about the outdoors

A baby swallow takes a rest

Where are the swallows and the swifts?

Bex Elliott and son Ronnie on their travels with their campervan.

Watch: Couple save £9.6k-a-year travelling in a van with their toddler

Wildlife

Hundreds of thousands of rare purple jellyfish have washed up on on a British beach.

Thousands of rare purple jellyfish wash up on British beach

Revealed: Top 10 Spots for migratory bird watching in UK this autumn

The minke was quite a spectacular sight.

Minke whale spotted by kayakers off English coast

Baby beavers have been born in London for the first time in 400 years.

Super-cute beavers celebrate first 'city kit' newborns in 400 years

Sewage

An annual charity sea swim at Lyme Regis beach in Dorset was forced to be cancelled over sewage concerns. (Photo: Getty Images)

Annual charity sea swim in UK town 'wiped out' over sewage

A pilot of a light aircraft spotted large amounts of brown-coloured water when flying over Southend seafront in Essex. (Photo: @YourSouthend on X/Mark Hutley)

'Disgusting' brown-coloured water spotted at popular UK beach

Locals and businesses in Exmouth are set to launch legal action against South West Water over sewage spills. (Photo: Sideshore Community Facebook page)

'We want our beach back': Locals to sue UK water firm over sewage

Water firm bosses face up to two years in prison under moves to crack down on pollution in UK rivers and seas. (Photo: Getty Images)

UK water firm bosses to face prison time over sewage

Climate Change

Inside one of Iceland's ice caves (Photo: Amber Allott)

What it's like inside Iceland's glacial ice caves

Award-winning environmental journalist Peter Dykstra, who has died aged 67. Photo by X.

Award-winning journalist has died from pneumonia

Grace Hills, 36, transformed her street from a 'neglected patch of urban land' into a colourful wildflowers.

I filled my street with wildflowers to attract bees

Pupils from Ffynnon Taf Primary School celebrate their new heating system (Photo: Kensa/Supplied)

Ground-breaking new 'green' heating system warming up UK school

A pile of dead batteries. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images

Recycling expert explains what to do with your dead batteries

Strawberries will soar in price due to climate change, warns new study

Strawberries could soar in price due to climate change

More Environment

Water quality might be causing hair troubles for residents – here’s why

A new study has named and shamed the UK’s top 10 dirtiest beaches that have high levels of contamination. (Photo: Kim Mogg/NationalWorld)

UK's most polluted beaches mapped

A row of blue recycling bins on a street

One in four Brits don't know what they're supposed to recycle

Swimmers have been urged to avoid 19 beaches across the UK due to serious health concerns. (Photo: Andrew - stock.adobe.com)

Warning to avoid 19 UK beaches

RBGE’s Expedition Botanics – Secondary Summer Club were invited to get behind-the-scenes access

Digitised Herbarium unlocks global access to ‘plantcestry’ at milestone achievem...

Stroud's huge storm tank

Severn Trent unveils huge 25m deep new storm tank to ease flooding and prevent s...

Yuna suffered "shell shock", "psychological issues" and lost her sense of co-ordination

Animal sanctuary rescues lion with ‘psychological issues’ from Ukraine

A poplar hawk moth photographed by Ian Rotherham

Walk On The Wildside: Poplar moth steals the show

Members of the York Astronomical Society prepare to view the annual Perseids meteor shower in August 2015 (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Perseid meteor shower 2024: where and how to watch in the UK

Eco-friendly subscriptions including Smol, Who Gives A Crap, Purdy & Figg and Wild

Mum's easy eco switches as 'greenagers' want planet-friendly homes

Professional Printing Services

Green printing: Eco-friendly options in professional printing services

Could your favourite path be crowned the winner?

Will you help the Ramblers find Britain’s favourite path?

A storm drain covered in sewage detritus Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Water companies face £168m fine over sewage pollution

A dolphin in the River Thames near London's Putney Bridge on Thursday. Two dolphins have now been found dead Picture: Mary Tester/PA Wire

Two dolphins 'found dead on banks of UK river'

A young great spotted woodpecker

Expert tips on spotting young woodpeckers as they visit as family

Rare tropical sunfish spotted off Yorkshire coast

Rare tropical sunfish shown swimming off Yorkshire coast

The new garden at the National Trust's Beningbrough Hall near York features more than 4,000 perennials, grasses, trees and shrubs from the Mediterranean and similar climate zones around the world

Yorkshire stately home gets Med garden to cope with changing climate

A dolphin in the River Thames near London's Putney Bridge on Thursday Picture: Mary Tester/PA Wire

Concern for dolphin spotted in UK river

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