• What can Gola Rainforest chocolate do for nature and people?
    The first phase of fieldwork has just been completed on an exciting interdisciplinary project in Sierra Leone. Social scientist Dr Natasha Constant and ecologist Dr Fiona Sanderson report back. The...
  • The Seabird Monitoring Programme is changing
    From this month, the Seabird Monitoring Programme (SMP) will be changing in how it’s being run. The Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) has formed a partnership with the BTO and RSPB, to run this...
  • Photo of the week: Down to DNA
    "You think this is impressive? It’s just in our blood” (Photo courtesy of Nature's Home reader, Yvonne Pay) We’ve somehow reached it already - Autumn. Monday 23 rd marked the start of the Autumn Equinox...
  • Loss of tree species has cumulative impact on biodiversity
    A new paper published today has shown that diseases affecting different UK tree species have a multiplying effect on the loss of associated biodiversity. In today’s blog, Paul Bellamy, Senior Conservation...
  • The latest UK and England biodiversity indicators
    The annual update of the UK’s Biodiversity Indicators was published today by Defra. These are important metrics, reporting on the state of the UK’s biodiversity, the pressures it faces and the conservation...