Elk could return to the uk after 3,000 years

People in the East Midlands should be on the look-out for new residents in the coming year or two. Their new near-neighbours will stand anywhere between 1.5 and two metres high at the shoulder, and ma

Instead of another trip to the zoo, try exploring your local rewilding project over the holidays. Rewilding – the large-scale restoration of nature to the point where it can take care of itself again

Britain’s native breeds and their grazing talents are an integral part of the drive to balance food production with biodiversity recovery. Kate Green explains why we should look closer to home in the quest to re-create the natural habitats of the past

With notable caveats, beavers can help wild trout thrive, writes Dr Rob Needham

PHOTO: TOM BAILEY 1 It’s a win for ...

Over centuries, we’ve profoundly changed Scotland’s rivers – pacifying them and bringing them under our control. We’ve felled native woodlands to ‘tidy’ riverbanks, disconnected watercourses from thei