Nature

Jon Snow on London's treescape: ‘The environment should be the backdrop to everything we do’

The Channel 4 news presenter and tree champion on how he woke up to climate change.

Jason Goodwin: ‘Sow is one of the mildest sweetest pigs ever. Boar is bigger, a gentleman and a scholar.'

Jason Goodwin muses over whether it's his moral duty to begin to keep pigs again, given the pork shortage soon to shake the globe.

Six absolutely spectacular images from the Historic Photographer of the Year competition

An ethereal image of Wells Cathedral, a windswept pier on the east coast and castle in Kent were among the pictures praised by judges for the third Historic Photographer of the Year competition.

The CLA president on why private landowners are part of the climate-change solution

Oystercatchers: The 'hammerers and stabbers' of the avian world, who can live into their 40s

An evocative symbol of our coast, with its shrill call and pied plumage, the oystercatcher is actually more fond of feeding on limpets, discovers Vicky Liddell.

Are we facing 'Insectmageddon' or is it too soon to worry? Experts split over latest bug research

There's good news and bad news from the insect world in two recent reports that paint different pictures of the plight of insects around Britain. Carla Passino explains.

10 superb pictures from Nature Photographer of the Year 2019

A cheeky duck and a majestic arch of the aurora borealis are among the magnificent photographs honoured by the 2019 Nature Photographer of the Year competition.

Is it possible to live off vegetables and fruit from your garden all year round?

John Wright considers how we could all do more to make the most of home-grown produce.

The 15 best pictures from the National Trust's photo competition to find a cover for its 2020 member handbook

A beautiful image of a nature reserve on the Isle of Wight has won the honour of being on the cover of the handbook sent out to the National Trust's 5.6 million members.

Is this the end of the line for turtle doves?

The iconic bird has seen a dramatic decline since 1970 and only 1,000 breeding pairs are thought to remain in the UK.

A mixed farm in Scotland where Mother Nature does her own thing

A new monthly column by Jamie Blackett tells us about the vicissitudes of life on a mixed farm in Scotland.

The best winning pictures from the 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition — and the stories behind them

A soaring eagle, a shocked marmot and an underwater garden like you've never seen before are among the finest pictures from the Natural History Museum's 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

Jason Goodwin: 'In Yorkshire he spat on them, down south he peed, either way, they aren’t good eating'

Animal Magic: ‘For a while because the canal was full of buffalo – they had to close it for 24 hours to get them out!’

Were the celebrations about the end of fracking premature? Cuadrilla vows to apply for new permission

Campaigners had celebrated the removal of equipment from Cuadrilla's Lancashire fracking site, but the firm has confirmed it is applying for an extension.

Jason Goodwin: 'Coleridge never stopped talking... Wordsworth was more private, more reflective, and finally, more successful'

Jason Goodwin remarks on how tracking one's pet past the boundaries of one's home is comparable to Coleridge's 'This Lime-tree Bower My Prison'.

Rise in late-born baby hedgehogs means many may struggle to survive winter in a further blow to the troubled species

Warmer weather means more hedgehogs are born later in the year but they may not make it through winter, adding to many woes already faced by the species, whose numbers may have halved in Britain in the past twenty years.

'The end of fracking in the UK': Campaigners claim victory as Lancashire drilling site begins shutdown

Anti-fracking activists have hailed the news that energy company Cuadrilla is removing equipment from its Lancashire site as a sign that shale-gas extraction is coming to an end in the UK

Eight of the most amazing nature photographs of the year, from the 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

The exhibition for the Natural History Museum's 2019 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is about to open. We take a look at some of the finest pictures shortlisted for this year's awards.

Country Life Today: Sir David Attenborough's heartfelt call to arms

Scotland's natural crisis demands new laws, says David Attenborough, while we look at hornless cattle, terrible weather and the protests which shocked the world 50 years ago.