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Five visitors to a farm park run by Country File presenter Adam Henson have fallen ill with a sickness bug which has also affected an employee.

The writer and broadcaster shares nature's best soundscapes.

In his chapter for Disney's new Club Penguin ebook on using the internet to help children understand nature, MP Zac Goldsmith aims to inspire the eco-warriors of tomorrow

Britain is to bask in the hottest day of the year so far as the bank holiday ends, but don’t pack your coats away yet, it will be back to cloud and rain for the foreseeable future and it could even last until Wimbledon.

Giant ice age animals similar to woolly mammoths that roamed the Earth more than 11,000 years ago may have died out after descending into civil war as their numbers were picked off by human hunters.

Britain is set to bask in the hottest day of the year over the Bank Holiday but guess what? It’s back to cloud and rain for the foreseeable future and the unsettled weather could even last until Wimbledon.

The warm weather may be welcome but is has caused toxic caterpillars to emerge, sparking fears the creature will spread further than ever this summer.

More than 50 of England’s most treasured beaches are at risk of being black listed as unsafe for swimming under new European regulations.

Conservative peer Michael Ashcroft explains why, like Bill Gates, he is pledging to donate more than half of his money to good causes

The Live Below the Line campaign has raised £500,000 for world poverty charities, says Geoffrey Lean

Who dares pick a bluebell, and who can resist them, asks Horatio Clare

All creatures great and small in our ever popular animal gallery.

Novelist Ian McEwan criticises arable farmers for ruining the countryside he now calls home.

HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal, today presented the Whitley Awards, international prizes for working with wildlife, at a ceremony at the Royal Geographical Society in honour of eight leaders working in nature conservation across the developing world.

Scientists claim they may now be able to predict the kind of destructive winds that Michael Fish failed to forecast in the Great Storm of 1987 following research.

Global warming increased temperatures last year and caused a record low in Arctic sea ice, UN warns.

‘Clogger mussels’ that can grow into colonies metres thick and clog up drains are just one of the “dirty dozen” invasive species that threaten Britain’s rivers and water ways.

British cities may have to ban older cars to dramatically reduce the harmful effects of air pollution or face fines from the EU after the Supreme Court ruled the Government is not doing enough to improve air quality.

The National Trust has updated its list of 50 things to do before you are 11 ¾, because so many children have already completed the list, adding old favourites like playing pooh sticks and making a daisy chain.

The National Trust has updated its list of 50 things to do before you are 11 ¾ and revealed the best places to do them.