For two long years, the tiny creature drifted with ocean currents like a leaf on the wind. At first, it was flattened and ...

Orcas, Risso's dolphins, basking sharks and sunfish are among the spectacular marine species recently spotted around the coast, as The Wildlife Trusts launches National Marine Week to celebrate and ...

Severn Trent’s Tittesworth Water, near Leek in Staffordshire, has today been awarded The Wildlife Trusts’ Biodiversity ...

As Andy Burnham enters Number 10, we urge him to recognise that looking after nature means that it will look after us ...

By disposing of waste properly and choosing nature-friendly products, we can keep our waters clean for marine wildlife. If ...

One of our most common ladybirds, the black-on-red markings of the 7-spot ladybird are very familiar. Ladybirds are a gardeners best friend as they eat insects that love to nibble on garden plants!

The elephant hawk-moth is a pretty, gold-and-pink moth that can be seen at dusk in gardens, parks, woods and grassy habitats. The caterpillars look like elephant's trunks and have eyespots to scare ...

Pots and containers are a great way of introducing wildlife features onto patios, or outside the front door. They are also perfect for small gardens or spaces like window ledges or roofs. Herbs, in ...

This snowy white moth is easily mistaken for the similar brown-tail, until it lifts its abdomen to reveal a burst of golden-yellow. The yellow-tail is found in a broad range of habitats across the UK, ...

The peppered moth is renowned for its markings that have evolved to camouflage it against lichen in the countryside and soot in the city. It can be seen in gardens, woods and parks, and along ...

An unmistakeable insect of heaths, sand dunes and grasslands, the Emperor moth is fluffy, grey-brown, with big peacock-like eyespots on all four wings. Males can be seen during the day, but females ...