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Genes aren't just the blueprint of our bodies - they're a vital tool in wildlife conservation. Youth Council member, Katherine, looks at how genetics can help to prevent extinction.

In March we conducted a Red Squirrel Garden Survey to see gather more public data on the distribution of red and grey squirrels in the North Merseyside and West Lancashire stronghold. Here's…

Conservation is the preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment and of wildlife so why is it that we fell trees?

We were overwhelmed by the response to our 2020 hedgehog survey. A fantastic 1,085 of you submitted your hedgehog sightings, and the results are finally in.

We may be a ‘wet’ nation, but wetlands – wildlife-rich, carbon-capturing oases – are in shorter supply than you might think. Wetlands have largely been removed from our landscape, and this loss is…

It has been a heart-breaking year, but despite the challenges and tears, there have still been some incredible highlights for our Wildlife Trust and local wildlife.

Chat Moss birding legend, Dave Steel, shares why he loves our mosslands.

The COVID-19 virus outbreak is placing severe restrictions on our working lives, but the Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside will continue to work, under strict controls…

I have become a detective; an investigator seeking clues; peering into burrows and carefully searching through grass and mud for one of the UK’s most elusive creatures, the water vole.

The climate crisis now regularly makes the headlines, and rightly so. But there’s another crisis – inextricably linked – lurking too often unnoticed in its shadow: the massive, ongoing loss of…