Millions of hedgehogs die as they cross the roads, but a discovery is paving the way for a warning that might stop them crossing at dangerous times.

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Well-intentioned laws designed to safeguard nature frequently have the opposite effect ...

The “stripe” kept growing until by 1819 it was 3km long and had acquired the moniker Bull Island. Its emergence from the sea ...

Struggling with slugs in your garden? Gardener Jo Thompson shares her tips for protecting plants this spring ...

An unlikely visitor indeed.

Aphids often appear just as rose buds start to form ...

The last thing you expect to hear in the middle of the night is a knock on your front door. And for one couple, that late-night noise turned out to be coming from an unlikely visitor. The husband ...

There are warnings of another potential "slugageddon" after some parts of the UK saw 50% of annual rainfall in the first six ...

Causes include habitat loss, intensive farming, climate change and pesticides – insecticides, herbicides and fungicides. They ...

THOSE of you with a garden pond may have been woken recently by a hoarse croaking of excited frogs celebrating the arrival of spring and the ...

Researchers from the University of Oxford have studied the possibility of using ultrasound to protect European hedgehogs from road accidents, which are one of the main causes of death of these animals ...