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RSPB’s innovative citizen science photography project returns The RSPB’s ground-breaking project Puffarazzi is back and once again needs the public’s help to find out more about one of our best loved seabirds. As...
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The tent filled with a pre-dawn light. That cool blue that’s just light enough to encourage you to open your eyes. The type of light that my usual thick curtains shut out. It...
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There are 7 billion plus people on Earth as of today. Imagine if every one of us committed to do one thing — no matter how small — to protect wildlife, national parks...
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By David Richardson, University of East Anglia and Martijn Hammers, University of Groningen Death is, unfortunately, an inevitable consequence of life. In most animals growing old is accompanied by progressive deterioration in health...
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Yesterday Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Roseanna Cunningham MSP outlined the governments plans for the new deposit return scheme coming to Scotland. For the last few years campaigns such...
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It’s 4.42am on a Sunday morning in May, it’s 3 degrees Celsius and I’m strapping on my head torch before plunging into a West Yorkshire wood. I’ve explored these footpaths hundreds of times...
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The traditional orchard has seen a large decline in numbers over the years, and the National Trust want to change this. As a part of the Wildlife and Nature strategy released in 2015...
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The early ancestors of deer were found on the island* during the Oligocene epoch around 25 million years ago and resembled modern day Muntjac deer. Prior to the last Ice Age Red, Fallow...
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It may come as a surprise to those across the rest of the UK, but the Scottish coast line is no stranger to large marine animals including dolphins and whales. Not only are...
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It’s one of those pub quiz questions where the wildlife enthusiast comes into their own – What’s the most common breeding bird in the UK? You sit smiling smugly for a moment while...
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