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A shaft of sunlight filters through the canopy of a UK rainforest, lighting up a vibrant green patch of moss growing on a piece of dead wood

Stepping into a mythical forest

Our Atlantic Rainforest Programme Manager Stan Smith tells us why temperate rainforests are so important, and why we’re using RHS Chelsea Flower Show to shine a spotlight on them…

A common sexton beetle, black with orange bands across its back, climbs a plant stem

Nature's undertakers

Discover the brilliance of burying beetles with Dr Ellie Bladon, an evolutionary ecologist based in the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge.

Robin perched on a frosty branch

Festive myths and folklore

Sophie Baker, communications officer at Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust, explores our native species that have become enduring cultural symbols in festive myths…

peat landscape

Horticultural Peat Bill – what’s next?

A ban on the sale of horticultural peat, from its use in bagged compost to the production of plants, was first mooted by the UK Government back in 2011. Since then, it has consulted members of the…

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