In the wake of spring, our gardens are crawling with creepy critters with many of us cursing their existence, when really we should be praising our neglected superheroes. Without many of these common everyday insects and bugs the delicate balance in our gardens would be completely off course. Take bees, for example. These fuzzy pollinators are essential for the reproduction of many flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Without them, your tomatoes, strawberries, and courgettes wo

Technology sits at the center of one of the biggest environmental debates of our time. On one hand, it offers powerful tools to combat climate change and protect ecosystems. On the other, it drives consumption, energy use, and waste on a global scale. The optimistic view is hard to ignore. Renewable energy technologies like solar panels and wind turbines are reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. Advances in electric vehicles, smart grids, and energy-efficient buildings are

Recently, a magical, once in a lifetime story happened. In 2019, only 50 pine Hoverflies inhabited a lonely woodland site and were considered a critically endangered species. Today, 30000 Pine Hoverflies have been released into the Cairngorms National Park, the last area that they survive in. Even better, they outnumber the people who live there by double. How did this happen? The bigger question you have is, what do jam-jars have to do with conservation efforts? Rámon van R

You’ve seen them everywhere. In the park scrounging for bread. On top of buildings flying around. Anywhere and everywhere they fly around you. Everyone has their own view of pigeons; some find them annoying, some eat them, some like them. Nevertheless they are essentially citizens in the same way we are. Pigeons as a whole have been on a worrying decline for years. Since 1970, the population of wild birds has decreased by 20%, due to the even worse decline of woodland and fa