Atlantic salmon are returning to the River Don following an absence of around 150 years, with the leaping fish now being seen at Aldwarke weir on the eastern edge of urban Rotherham.

Wessex Water ecologists have been using a pioneering new technique which is helping to protect the great crested newt.

Leading environmental NGOs IUCN and WWF have joined forces to enhance and promote the role of protected and conserved areas in achieving sustainable development over the next ten years.

Natural England has started work on a £3.5 million Hoveton Wetland Restoration Project as part of the Broads Natura 2000 long-term restoration programme.

Leading environmental organisation WWF is warning that the future of the critically endangered Mekong River Irrawaddy Dolphin is threatened by the 11 proposed hydropower dams along the Mekong.

An Environment Agency-led project in Yorkshire has been recognised by the Wild Trout Trust at its 2015 Conservation Awards in London.

Thames Water has had to delay work which was due to start on a new water main following the discovery of great crested newts, one of the UK’s rarest species, found trapped in a manhole chamber.