Interest in Mersea Island is continuing to grow, with UK Google searches for ‘Mersea Island’ increasing by 40% ...

No matter what port you’re in, there’s bound to be shore excursions to suit you. Here are some of the world’s best.

Just when it seemed that the Clyde had run out of wildlife surprises, a very odd-looking stranger recently swam into our ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown fossil goose that challenges a decades-old theory about the evolution of New ...

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between 3 and 10 July. Send your photos to scotlandpictures@bbc.co.uk.

Some develop “island syndromes”. For example, small animals get bigger and big animals get smaller. The dodo of Mauritius ...

The British swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus) is the U.K.'s only native swallowtail and its largest native ...

The UK is being besieged by biblical swarms of horny flying ants that are so numerous they’re being mistaken for rain by ...

Regulations governing British fishing are supposed to keep it “environmentally sustainable in the long term.” But fish stocks ...

A NEW, first-of-its-kind historical theme park has finally opened in the UK – and I was the first to experience it. Kynren – ...

The bush-dwelling penguins of New Zealand’s South Island offer Jamie Lafferty an insight into the species’ evolution and ...

From towering red deer to elusive basking sharks and ocean giants like humpback and sperm whales, the UK is home to some ...