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Dead birds falling from the sky is a bad omen for humanity
A new variant of avian flu derived from intensive poultry farming is decimating British wildlife.
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Swifts, the universe and everything
Mark Cocker’s ode to a remarkable species makes a powerful case for the value of awe in a time of…
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Charles Burrell and Isabella Tree on the rewilding wars
The married aristocrats have created a haven on their 3,500-acre Knepp estate – but find themselves at the centre of…
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Ben Goldsmith: “We’re part of a bigger, far grander mystery beyond our perception”
The environmentalist and author on how the death of his teenage daughter inspired him to rewild his farm.
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No, you can’t defend plastic lawns
They represent a right to harm the environment, not a right to bad taste.
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Plastic lawns are not a crime
Pseudo-environmentalists are taking away the right to be tacky.
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What the adder means
The attention you bring to bear on the landscape as you look for Britain’s only venomous snake is transformative.
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David Attenborough’s Wild Isles makes me proud to be British, despite everything
The new series, which roams from Shetland to Cornwall to Northern Ireland to capture our wildlife, is the BBC at…
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The eradication of species
Biodiversity is not just an asset from which humans gain. We have complex social relations with all non-human life.
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Seven swans not swimming: how bird flu came to Christmas
A family of London swans offer both warning and hope in the face of an overlooked crisis.
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From the NS archive: Blood sports
23 July 1949: If it is killing and giving pain that you object to, you had better give up trying…
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From the NS archive: The November garden
15 November 1913: Edith Nesbit looks out her window at late flowers in autumn.
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Margaret Atwood: Why I write dystopias
The Booker winner’s novels tend to imagine bleaker futures. Why not create something more optimistic?
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The mystery of the pine marten’s return to London
Rogue release or recolonisation? The sighting offers a sliver of hope – we should take it.
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Save the planet by saving the pandas
If the green movement wants to capture British hearts and minds, it should focus on animals, not abstract temperature rises.
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Is Boris Johnson ditching nature to save his skin?
The Prime Minister appears to be giving in to small-government Tories who want him to ditch policies aimed at protecting…
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What animal activists can learn from historical upheavals
“Informational cascades” can be key in turning the tide against animal cruelty.
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Craig Bennett: “The peat issue is where I really pull my hair out”
The CEO of the Wildlife Trusts on his frustration with the broken promises that are failing to protect nature.
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