If you're attending BES 2025, come and visit the UKCEH stand #L3 and speak to the team from the National Capability for UK Challenges programme.

Sankore will be delivered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and Results for Development (R4D) collaborating with local and international partners to ...

Thoughts From COP30: Scientists Must better Support fire-hit communities ...

Produced annually since 2007, the indicators track progress towards meeting national and international biodiversity targets including the Global Biodiversity Framework. They show whether different ...

The condition of vegetation – both the growth of leaves and wood and the amount of water in them –provide important telltale sign of how severe an upcoming drought could be. These factors can be ...

Species-rich grasslands can deliver significant benefits for biodiversity, climate and food production but 97% of these habitats in the UK have been lost over the past century, and many farmers lack ...

‘Eco-friendly’ LED streetlights are even more harmful for insect populations than the traditional sodium bulbs they are replacing, a new study has shown. The negative impacts of light pollution on ...

Dr Simon Parry, hydrologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, looks at how the current drought compares to past events and how it may evolve in the near future using our Hydrological Summary, ...

Scientists are using cutting-edge technology along Britain’s 20,000-mile rail network, as part of Network Rail’s new action plan for sustainable vegetation management. The UK Centre for Ecology & ...

There has been a flurry of news items on ladybirds in recent weeks. Much of the focus has been on the harlequin ladybird and the way in which this species moves into houses for the winter months.

Laser scanning shows a total of 390,000 km of hedgerows (1-6 metres tall) exist on field boundaries in England – enough to go round the world almost 10 times. These important habitats support ...