Nature

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over ‘bats and newts’
Nature

Rachel Reeves sets Labour on collision course with environmentalists over ‘bats and newts’

The chancellor’s pro-growth speech announced the government’s support for a third runway at Heathrow but it was her claim that developers ‘would not have to worry about bats and newts’ that has incensed wildlife campaigners

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain
Rewilding

These 11 pioneering rewilding projects are helping bring nature back in Britain

From elk and storks to outdoor classrooms, a landmark rewilding fund is hoping to sow the seeds of a natural revolution

Calling MPs of all stripes: Our planet is counting on your vote on the Climate and Nature Bill
Roz Savage MP

Calling MPs of all stripes: Our planet is counting on your vote on the Climate and Nature Bill

By voting for the CAN Bill on 24 January, MPs can show that they’re serious about regaining trust from voters who see environmental action as a priority

Rural life can worsen mental ill health – but therapy in nature helps people feel grounded
Nature

Rural life can worsen mental ill health – but therapy in nature helps people feel grounded

‘We have to work with nature’: What UK’s only wild bison herd can teach us about the nature crisis
Rewilding

‘We have to work with nature’: What UK’s only wild bison herd can teach us about the nature crisis

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Rewilding pioneer Derek Gow: ‘We’ve left very little room for nature to exist at all’
Rewilding

Rewilding pioneer Derek Gow: ‘We’ve left very little room for nature to exist at all’

The growth of rewilding in Britain offers hope for a wilder future in 2025
Rebecca Wrigley

The growth of rewilding in Britain offers hope for a wilder future in 2025

Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Grab life by the horns

From ancient civilisations to industrial revolutions: How horses shaped the world we live in today
Horses

From ancient civilisations to industrial revolutions: How horses shaped the world we live in today

‘A little bit of paradise’: Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire
Housing

‘A little bit of paradise’: Residents create memorial garden to honour victim of fatal London flat fire

Behind the secret birth of London’s first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means
Rewilding

Behind the secret birth of London’s first baby beavers in 400 years – and what it means

‘It was like the place was waiting for me’: Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed
Our vendors

‘It was like the place was waiting for me’: Three Big Issue vendors went to the Lake District – and were transformed

Labour’s plan for the climate and nature: The good, the bad and the glaringly absent
General election 2024

Labour’s plan for the climate and nature: The good, the bad and the glaringly absent

Why did humans never learn to fly?
Evolution

Why did humans never learn to fly?

How London’s history-making beavers are adapting to life in the capital: ‘They have a right to exist’
Environment

How London’s history-making beavers are adapting to life in the capital: ‘They have a right to exist’

Killing in the name of conservation is tricky business. Because we can, does it mean we should?
Nature

Killing in the name of conservation is tricky business. Because we can, does it mean we should?

‘The image says it all’: The meaning behind Banksy’s new London tree mural, revealed
Art

‘The image says it all’: The meaning behind Banksy’s new London tree mural, revealed

Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature review – natural highs from our natural world
Books

Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature review – natural highs from our natural world

Why we should all get to know a sheep 
Farming

Why we should all get to know a sheep 

Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi
Nature

Have you ever wondered where mushrooms come from? This is the incredible secret life of fungi

Meet the Fairtrade honey producer in Mexico empowering communities through beekeeping
Sponsored

Meet the Fairtrade honey producer in Mexico empowering communities through beekeeping

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What the hermit of Loch Treig can teach you about living your best life
Nature

What the hermit of Loch Treig can teach you about living your best life

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit
Sewage spills

Sewage spills: Customers could receive hundreds of millions in compensation as water companies face new lawsuit

‘Mindfulness is difficult. Exercise is exhausting. But anyone can go for a stroll through some trees’
Sam Delaney

‘Mindfulness is difficult. Exercise is exhausting. But anyone can go for a stroll through some trees’

Chris Packham: ‘My younger self would be my biggest critic’
Punk and birds

Chris Packham: ‘My younger self would be my biggest critic’