Kakapo Parrots Set for Their Best Breeding Season Since 1977
Up to 84 female kakapo parrots could potentially lay eggs this season, offering the critically endangered species its strongest breeding year in nearly 50 years.
Category Animals & Nature
Wildlife, nature, trees, rivers and quiet recoveries.
Rewilding in Scotland Delivers Strongest Evidence Yet of Ecological Recovery
New research coordinated by SCOTLAND: The Big Picture provides some of the strongest evidence yet that rewilding delivers measurable ecological recovery across multiple species and habitats.
Orkney Islands See Native Wildlife Thrive as Invasive Stoat Removal Succeeds
A programme to remove invasive stoats from Scotland's Orkney archipelago is working, with native wildlife including rare voles beginning to thrive again.
A Forest School Project Reconnected Children With Nearby Wildlife
Teachers used outdoor learning to help children observe birds, insects and seasonal changes in a local woodland.
A Local River Runs Clearer After a Community Clean-Up Campaign
Residents working over several weekends removed rubbish and improved riverbank habitat.
A Wetland Restoration Brought Birds Back Within a Single Season
Birdlife began returning quickly after a degraded wetland was re-watered and restored.
America’s Largest Clean Energy Project Starts Powering Homes
The 3.5-gigawatt SunZia wind farm begins generating power for over 1 million homes across the American West.
Endangered Orangutan Crosses Canopy Bridge in World First
A Sumatran orangutan uses a human-made rope bridge to cross a road, reconnecting fragmented forest habitat.
Orchard Planting Expanded a Pollinator Corridor
An orchard and wildflower planting project created a better corridor for bees and other pollinators.
East London Is Getting a 14-Mile Nature Corridor
A new 14-mile nature corridor will connect green spaces across Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Haringey and Newham.