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Woodland Trust badger Christmas card

People & Wildlife

7 of our favourite wildlife-themed Christmas cards

Plenary Session of the UNFCCC COP27 climate conference, November 2022, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. © Thomas Trutschel/Contributor/Getty

COP27 ‘fails to deliver’

Teenage girl listening with headphones. © Getty

The best wildlife and nature podcasts, and how to listen to them

Coconut on tropical beach

Gillian Burke: why seeds hold the secret to life

Africa, Uganda, Fort Portal, Elizabeth National Park, lions lying on a tree. © Westend61/Getty

Mark Carwardine: we need to learn to live alongside dangerous animals

Tory Party Conference Protest - We Will Not Pay For Their Crisis

UK government’s growth proposals threaten wildlife, claim conservationists

Melissa Groo in Florida

People & Wildlife

Why are there so few female wildlife photographers?

Prince Charles speaks at COP26

People & Wildlife

Does the succession of King Charles III mean we’ve lost one of the great conservationists of our time?

First recorded in the UK in 1879, false widow spiders have had a recent surge of media attention. © Alex Hyde/naturepl.com

Insects & Invertebrates

Are false widow spiders a danger to children?

Red and white Christmas stockings hanging from a mantelpiece above a fireplace, with a Christmas tree in the background.

People & Wildlife

Best wildlife-themed stocking fillers for £12 or under

Homemade Advent calendar. © Switlana Symonenko/Getty Images

People & Wildlife

17 wildlife and nature-themed advent calendars for Christmas 2022

Belka and Strelka, Russian cosmonaut dogs, 1960. Belka and Strelka flew into Earth orbit on board Sputnik 5 on 19 August 1960 as part of the Soviet programme aimed at determining the viability of manned spaceflight. © Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images

10 animals that have been to space

Access to nature © Chu-Chieh Lee/Folio Art

People & Wildlife

Learning difficulties should not prevent people from accessing the natural world

A picture of Gerald durrell

People & Wildlife

Who was Gerald Durrell? The life of the renowned conservationist explored

European Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) in ploughed field. © Ian Sherriffs/Getty

Mark Carwardine: hare coursing is a serious problem in many rural areas