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The water-walking fen raft spider is the size of your palm

The fen raft spider was on the brink of extinction a decade ago but after a rescue project numbers in the UK are thriving once again

Around a square kilometre of marsh at Parkgate, near Neston, was damaged in what is thought to be a deliberately lit fire.

Cathedral bosses say netting is needed to protect the building

RSPB Marazion Marsh, Cornwall: It’s my first murmuration. At first they are everywhere, then suddenly they are gone

Binoculars in hand, I’m hunkered down beside the floodplain at the RSPB’s Nene Washes nature reserve in Cambridgeshire, England. It’s a cold, late-winter morning and there are few people around, but I’ve come early to try to get a glimpse of a giant among British birds: the common crane.

Police described the crime as 'horrific'

"The benefits to outdoor learning are immeasurable"

Northumberland ornithologist Tom Cadwallender says that there are plenty of easy things you can do to turn your garden into a haven for birds