Wildlife

Professor Ian Rotherham talks about baby blackbirds assuming their adult plumage

Professor Ian Rotherham talks baby blackbirds assuming adult plumage

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

A baby swallow takes a rest

Where are the swallows and the swifts?

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

A poplar hawk moth photographed by Ian Rotherham

Walk On The Wildside: Poplar moth steals the show

A young great spotted woodpecker

Expert tips on spotting young woodpeckers as they visit as family

Watch: Cheeky crab caught 'joyriding' jellyfish around harbour

Fred R Krug, a renowned producer, director, and cinematographer known for his work on nature-focussed TV programmes like Animal World, Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, and The Magical World of Disney, has died at the age of 94.

Much loved wildlife and travel TV presenter dies

Adorable seals enjoy a mudlark on England's south coast

Scared fox gets trapped in goal netting...watch how he gets rescued

Scared fox gets trapped in goal netting...watch how he gets rescued

A starling probing for food

Wildlife expert- everything you need to know about dextrous starlings

Shining cranesbill

Plant expert: Here's why you should go in search of wild crane’s-bills

A rare purple emperor butterfly

Rare butterfly seen in Derbyshire for the first time

A flying puffin on Saltee Island

Puffin perfect: New special protection area to help seabirds

A new special protection area (SPA) for seabirds off the coast of Co Wexford could help to safeguard the puffin population on the uninhabited Saltee Islands, experts have said.

Nancy Fielder

A herd of 12 reindeer have joined Dudley Zoo - and Santa, dressed in his summer attire, was there to launch the special enclosure.

Christmas in July! Watch moment Santa opens reindeer ravine at zoo

Nature is struggling

Joys of spotting summertime swallows and their babies gathering

A huge snake is filmed slithering along UK canal towpath.

Watch: Huge 4ft snake is filmed slithering along UK canal towpath

Wasps are never very popular with humans

Pest expert explains how to 'eliminate' wasps from your garden this summer

Nature expert Sean McMenemy explains how to attract butterflies to your garden

How to attract butterflies to your garden

Lime trees growing either side of High Street in Henley-in-Arden, Warks., had their tops hacked off without notice leaving locals “devastated”.

Residents left furious after council "butchers" trees to save cash

A baby beaver has been born in Northumberland

Wildlife joy as baby beaver born on estate for first time in 400 years

Pilot whales stranded on the beach in Orkney

Surviving whales from devastating stranding in Orkney are euthanised

Dolphin pod filmed in the water near Bridlington. Credit: Steve Race Wildlife Photography

Watch as pod of dolphins swim alongside boat off scenic coast

One of the Skomer Island puffins on the colony near Penbrokeshire. Credit: David Lister photography

Watch: These colourful puffins are adorable - and they live in the UK

Who fancies fresh fish for breakfast?

Joyful seal captured putting on fresh fish display for breakfast

Local photographer Marie Richardson was in the right place at the right time to capture these pictures of a seal enjoying its breakfast in the sea off Hastings at the weekend.

Andy Hemsley

Avoid staycation stings and avoid the six painful North Sea jellyfish

Harris hawk brought in to scare off 'XL Gullies' in Liverpool city centre.

Huge bird of prey given job of scaring XL Gullies who attack shoppers

Hoodie heroes as lifeless puffin rescued by dog walkers

Oakey had been trapped for some time when he was found and rescued (Photo: Mid Derbyshire Badger Group/Supplied)

Police investigate after 'Oakey' the badger dies with severe wounds

A wildcat mother spotted on camera with her two kittens (Photo: RZSS/Supplied)

Two litters of critically endangered wildcats born in Scottish wilds

Callum the stag who frequented Benn Eighe car park in Torridon had to be put down after visitors fed him the wrong kind of food. Picture: Andrew Grant McKenzie / SWNS

Famous Scottish stag dies after being fed by well-meaning visitors

Organisers believe some 50,000 people may attend this weekend's march (Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Explainer Tens of thousands to march on London in call to 'restore nature now'

man filmed throwing stones at seal on beach

Watch: Man filmed throwing large stones at defenceless seal

The common lizard lives up to its name, and is perhaps the most frequently spotted lizard across the UK (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Explainer How to identify scaly visitors to your garden this summer

More than 40 white stork chicks are expected to fledge in Sussex any day now, and may one day call other parts of the UK home (Photo: Malcome Green / The White Stork)

Extinct birds back

Sid the Seagull

Banned for life: Shopkeeper's battle to stop swagger seagull Sid

The dusty tetraka was considered a lost bird until last year, when it was rediscovered by an expedition team (Photo: The Search for Lost Birds/Re:Wild)

How birdwatchers can help find the world's 126 'lost birds'

Walker ‘warned by black leopard' during terrifying big cat encounter

The beavers of Knapdale Forest have created the perfect habitat for water voles hoping to avoid predatory mink (Photo: Peter Cairns/PA Wire)

Water voles may return to a Scottish forest - thanks to busy beavers

The owner of Strawberry Hill (right) left his farmland to go back to nature some 37 years ago (Photo: Holly Wilkinson/PA Wire)

Help 'save Strawberry Hill' to protect habitat for rare birds

Dan Hunjas, who took part in Married at First Sight Australia 2022, has shared a photo of a kangaroo attacking his young daughter. Photo by Channel Nine.

Reality TV star's daughter attacked

The UK's Swift Awareness Week is coming in hot (Photo: Mircea Costina/Adobe Stock)

How bird lovers can find their closest Swift Awareness Week event

Ghost Bug has now been returned to the sea (Photo: RSPCA/Supplied)

Warning over common beach toy that is harming UK's seals

Legendary wildlife presenter Simon Cowell has died aged 72 (Wildlife Aid Foundation/Instagram @wildlifeaid)

Legendary wildlife presenter dies

Male stag beetles (top) have much larger mandibles than the females (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Explainer It's stag beetle season - here's how to help the 'UK's biggest insect'

Extremely rare 'golden' puffin spotted by cruise skipper

There are also sorts of kinder and more environmentally-friendly ways to deter insects, but do you really need to? (Image: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

With insects in trouble, here's how to keep them out kindly

Garden birds will readily take up any water sources you offer them over the summer months, the RSPB says (Image: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Three ways to help birds beat the summer heat in your garden

Herring gulls are actually on the conservation 'red list', and it's illegal to disturb their nests (Photo: Daniel Dayment / SWNS)

Seagull family 'take over' supermarket carparks

A family of lions passed right by our jeeps (Photo: Amber Allott/NationalWorld)

Kenya safaris: Don't choose between beach or bush on this holiday

Red kite Milvus milvus, in flight

Birds of Prey UK: How to identify the Red Kite - once near extinction

Snaps of puffins with beaks full of fish have helped the RSPB learn more about what they eat (Photo: Chantal Macleod-Nolan/RSPB)

What your 'Puffarazzi' holiday snaps helped RSPB learn about puffins

These six species will be championed by the Bristol Zoological Society from now on (NationalWorld/Bristol Zoological Society)

Meet the six rare animals Bristol Zoo has pledged to save

Three dogs chase off 10ft crocodile.

Watch: Three dogs bark at crocodile until it retreats back into river