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Bramble (blackberries)

Picking with purpose

The Wildlife Trusts’ Meg Dobson shares the joy of foraging – and top tips to make sure you forage safely and ethically.

An emperor dragonfly in flight, with an apple-green thorax and dazzling blue abdomen

Nature policy: Turning the tide

2025 has seen nature take a battering from Ministers – blamed for slow development and facing the risk of losing some vital protections. But it’s not all bad news. Matt Browne, Head of Public…

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.

flowers with fence behind

Planning by numbers

The time it can take to build out developments granted planning permission is too long. The Wildlife Trusts’ head of land use planning, Becky Pullinger, discusses why.