A new stage show all about sharks, hosted by world-renowned wildlife conservationist and TV presenter Steve Backshall, is coming to Chester Zoo this May half term.

Spring is the perfect time to refresh outdoor spaces with a burst of colour, and as part of the Make It Bloom campaign, British Garden Centres is encouraging gardeners of all abilities to get creative with vibrant spring planters. Whether brightening a doorstep, patio or garden, creating a professional‑looking display is simple with the right plants and a few easy steps.

Amazon Doncaster employees rolled up their sleeves and donned gardening gloves to volunteer with City of Doncaster Council to plant trees in the city. Seven employees from Amazon’s fulfilment centre in Doncaster spent the day planting trees as part of the Children’s Future Forest programme, planting over 350 trees in the city.

The Hedgerow Cards Collection, designed exclusively by Welsh artist Lizzie Spikes, has a beautiful, seasonal illustration for every month of the year. As the artist at Driftwood Designs, Lizzie’s passion is creating colourful illustrations that can be translated to any number of items.

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust was founded in 1946 as Yorkshire Naturalists Trust to care for Askham Bog nature reserve, gifted to the Trust by confectioners and naturalists Sir Francis Terry and Arnold Rowntree. The charity is launching a new community fundraising pack to encourage the public to take meaningful and impactful action for wildlife across the county. There will also be a bumper year of events and activities, including a poetry competition, wildlife hero awards and a region-wide birthday celebration.

Led by Ribble Rivers Trust and the North Atlantic Salmon Fund, Hodder Together for Salmon is an ambitious, community-driven project focused on restoring the River Hodder and supporting the recovery of the endangered Atlantic salmon. Flowing through the heart of the Forest of Bowland, the River Hodder has long been a stronghold for salmon, with generations of fish returning each year to spawn.

Northumberland National Park Authority is marking a landmark moment as The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre welcomes its one millionth visitor, a milestone that coincides with the 70th anniversary of Northumberland National Park. Since opening in 2017, The Sill has transformed how people connect with the landscapes, nature, and cultural heritage of Northumberland and beyond.

One of the world's smallest baby antelopes has taken her first wobbly steps at Chester Zoo - standing barely taller than a tin of baked beans. The tiny Kirk's dik-dik fawn, named Dotty, was born weighing just a few hundred grams. When fully grown, she'll reach just 40cm tall - making her one of the smallest antelopes on the planet.

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust has today launched Rivers to Reef, a landmark new initiative designed to protect Yorkshire’s rivers, estuaries, and coastal reefs from pollution.

Waste management company We Waste has issued advice and warnings around how to spot and prevent infestations of three common pests that often reappear in March and throughout spring.

With clocks due to go forward by an hour on Sunday 29th March, David Martin, Group Director of Animal Welfare at IVC Evidensia shares his expert advice on helping owners navigate a change in routine the clock change brings. Pets thrive on routine, and even small changes can impact them.

A critically endangered monkey has given birth just months after pioneering surgery saved her from undergoing an amputation. Masaya, a 15-year-old roloway monkey at Chester Zoo, had a golf-ball-sized mass removed from her foot last summer in a complex operation carried out jointly by zoo vets and surgeons from the University of Liverpool's Small Animal Teaching Hospital.

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is appealing for support to protect and safeguard Askham Bog nature reserve, described as Yorkshire’s ‘cathedral of nature conservation’ by Sir David Attenborough. Created as the founding reserve of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust in 1946, Askham Bog sits nestled between the A64, the railway and the York ring road.

Research by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows that one in eight British households (12%) has no access to a private or shared garden. Yet the appetite for growing, whether it be flowers, herbs and vegetables, has never been stronger. Even if you have a small space, a balcony or a patio, you can make your garden your own.

The first Puffin has arrived back at RSPB Bempton Cliffs on the East Yorkshire coast and the nature reserve’s conservationists will be watching closely as the seabird breeding season begins.

Ahead of International Women’s Day (Sunday 8 March), the first female reserve manager of Coquet Island has spoken of her pride in leading one of the UK’s most important seabird sanctuaries — as thousands of birds prepare to return for the breeding season.

Chester Zoo has become the first zoo in the UK to be officially recognised as an internationally important botanic garden. The Cheshire-based conservation charity is only the second zoo in Europe to receive a prestigious accreditation from Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), the global organisation dedicated to plant conservation.

Lizzie McLaughlin is a passionate advocate for bridging the gap between the public and the farming community. Growing up in Middlesbrough, Teesside, she proudly identifies as a townie who has carved out a remarkable career as an award-winning food and farming podcaster, despite coming from a non-farming background.

A tiny, button-sized snail once thought lost forever has been declared safe from extinction. The greater Bermuda snail was thought to have disappeared until being rediscovered in an alleyway in Bermuda a decade ago. Numbers were boosted through a pioneering breed-to-release programme led by international experts including Chester Zoo conservationists.

A pioneering survey led by the RSPB has confirmed that Dunlin – a rare and declining upland wading bird – are breeding across large areas of suitable habitat in the Cumbrian Pennines, part of the North Pennines National Landscape, offering fresh hope for the species’ future in England.

As thousands across the UK complete their Big Garden Birdwatch counts, British Garden Centres is encouraging participants not to let their bird-watching efforts end with the weekend. The annual RSPB event, now in its 47th year, saw families spend an hour recording garden visitors between 23rd and 25th January.

As temperatures drop and natural food sources become scarce, the team at the UK’s largest family-run garden centre group, British Garden Centres, is calling on gardeners to help wildlife through winter, as native species face tough conditions during the coldest season.

Actor Sean Bean is the new host of Get Birding, the multi-award-winning podcast for all birders, from first-timers to experienced field observers. A passionate birder himself, Sean will host the new, always-on series of Get Birding, with the first episode earlier this week – just in time for the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend.

In 2025, it is suspected that a total of seven RSPB satellite-tagged Hen Harriers were illegally killed on or near grouse moors in northern England, with one Hen Harrier confirmed poisoned and six more disappearing in suspicious circumstances – all sending their final transmission on or near land managed for grouse shooting.

In spring 2026, the Forest of Bowland National Landscape will unveil its new five-year Management Plan—a bold and refreshed vision to protect, enhance and celebrate this extraordinary place for generations to come.