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Extinction lottery: how should we choose which species to save?

Extinction lottery: how should we choose which species to save?

28 April 2020

When we decide which species will survive the age of humans, we need to question conservation's fundamental beliefs, argues Rebecca Nesbitt.
Rare footage of a beaver gnawing through a tree in North Yorkshire

Rare footage of a beaver gnawing through a tree in North Yorkshire

20 June 2019

Rare footage shows a Eurasian beaver in North Yorkshire gnawing through a tree trunk and felling the tree in just 15 minutes
A deadly predator could save the UK’s threatened red squirrels

A deadly predator could save the UK’s threatened red squirrels

7 March 2018

Britain’s native red squirrels have been retreating for decades in the face of invasive grey squirrels, but predators called pine martens could help save them
A stream running through a grassland with a beaver dam across it

Beaver dams keeps streams cool and protect sensitive fish

17 May 2017

We used to think that beaver dams warmed up stream waters as felling trees to build them reduces shade. Now it seems the opposite might be true

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