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Government guidance on rodents angers conservationists who say animals are a help not a hindrance to agriculture

A colony of water voles moved from Salisbury to Ringwood has just had a population boom with 50 new males and females moving in to make the population viable.

From beavers to water butts, the UK needs to drastically rethink how it protects its most precious resource.

From beavers to water butts, the UK needs to drastically rethink how it protects its most precious resource.

A consultation is underway to officially return beavers at the national level across Britain, for the benefit of our ecosystems

‘Nature’s engineers’ who create wetlands with their dams are recognised as native wildlife

Rewilding a farm to bring back threatened species.

Elizabeth Wainwright reviews a UK farmer's plea for us to rewild and fundamentally change how we use our countryside

Birds, Beasts and Bedlam recounts the adventures of farmer-turned-rewilder Derek Gow, who is saving Britain’s much-loved but dangerously threatened species, from the water vole to beaver, wildcat to white stork, and tree frog to glow worm.

I have reformed my farm of 300 acres into an independent wildlife centre where wild creatures can be bred in captivity and released.