Feature How to save the whales For one group of volunteers, whale conservation is a hands-on task that can take place at any time and in any weather.
Feature Can hedgelaying survive the 21st century? People have laid hedges since the Bronze Age – but fresh thinking is required to ensure the craft continues into the future.
Feature In grey city spaces, a greener future is growing Urban agriculture is springing up in London's wastelands. But will the city ever be able to feed itself?
Essay The wood and the road: my battle to save an irreplaceable ecosystem The Norwich Western Link will destroy the ancient habitats of the Wensum Valley – and make a mockery of the government's policy on biodiversity.
Feature Wild swimming is losing its wildness Restrictions on swimming at Grantchester Meadows represent a growing trend for bureaucracy. Disadvantaged communities will be first to suffer.
Feature The grand plan to rewild Somerleyton Estate – including the return of the lynx The Knepp Estate may hog the limelight, but another rewilding project of a similar scale is unfolding in East Anglia.
Essay 'Our hikes were a political statement': The Sheffield walkers reclaiming 2,000 years of rural history When Maxwell Ayamba set up a hiking group for middle-aged Black men in 2004, he didn't realise it would be such a revolutionary act.
Feature Less than 15% of councils have declared an Ecological Emergency. Why the delay? In comparison, 83% of county and unitary authorities have declared a Climate Emergency.
Feature One quarter of English councils have plans to rewild. Does yours? Exclusive: We asked every council in England about whether they were rewilding – and what they were spending to make it happen. Here's what we found out.
Feature Rewilding: full responses from councils A compilation of all the responses we received from councils in the course of our investigation on rewilding.
Feature Photo essay: How the English engage with nature In his photo series, In a Green Shade, Michael Wharley seeks to portray what nature means in England today.
Feature 'An alternative reality': how sound recordings reveal the secret world of ponds In capturing the music of freshwater life, scientists have found a new way to measure underwater biodiversity.
Feature Meet the Paddocks, the farmers still using horse power Swapping tractors for horses has improved soil quality on this Dartmoor farm – but is it a financially viable alternative?
Feature Inside the new campaign to rewild the Royal Family, Church and Oxbridge Exclusive: A new group, WildCard, wants to rewild 50% of the UK.
Feature Britain's ancient footpaths could soon be lost forever Campaigners have five years to record a sprawling network of paths – but the pandemic is thwarting their work.
Essay The joy of staying local The last year has forced a rediscovery of nearby nature – but will these habits outlast lockdown?
Interview James Rebanks travels through the literature of farming The author of English Pastoral on the seductions, dangers and quality of rural writing.
Feature Amid the coppice and hedgerows, a vision for Britain's allotments Once a Victorian pleasure garden, St. Ann's is now a haven for gardeners and wildlife.
Interview "Our western culture has made us this destructive force." Future Land: An interview with Rebecca Hosking, regenerative farmer, writer and consultant.
Essay A dark miracle in the Forest of Dean For the first time in centuries, people in Britain are afraid of wild animals.
Feature On the spoil heap, where nature rises from the wreckage The remains of Scotland's industrial past have created opportunities for orchids, birch and insects, writes Cal Flyn.
Interview “It is a very contested landscape.” Future Land: An interview with Lee Schofield, site manager at RSPB Haweswater in the Lake District.
Transcript Lee Schofield: the complete transcript Future Land: In which we discuss Lake District grazing systems, golden threads, Norwegian influence, and more.
Feature What did Somerset sound like 2,000 years ago? A new recording creates a vortex to a wilder world.
Feature The wild swimmers fighting for England's polluted rivers “They’re exactly the right people to be shouting and screaming.”
