Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "During the health check, each dormouse has a ten-minute appointment with one of our expert wildlife vets. During this time, they ...

Nine rare hazel dormice have been given a clean bill of health by wildlife vets at conservation charity ZSL. It paves the way for their release into the wild next month as part of a national effort to ...

Exercise Burmese Chase 25, an annual United States-led training on infantry tactics, integration of ground and air fires, and naval gunfire, took place at Camp ...

Tiny 20-meter-long rope bridges were built to help hazel dormice travel safely between woodlands after a section of trees that became infected with Chalara ash dieback had to be cleared, leaving a ...

The National Trust is restoring over 1,000m of hedgerows near Kingston Lacy, Dorset, to protect hazel dormice using traditional hedgelaying techniques.

Dormice are now classed as vulnerable to extinction after their population crashed A charity set up to promote sustainable farming has launched a fundraising campaign to protect one of the UK's most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beavers currently live in closed off areas of the Forest of Dean but the recovery plan hopes to create conditions for them to live ...

Dormice, otters and other threatened wildlife could be put at risk by plans to make developers pay a levy for their impacts on nature, green groups have warned. A report from the Wildlife and ...

The shortening of telomeres in cells was thought to be an important biomarker for lifespan and aging. The edible dormouse (Glis glis), a small hibernating rodent, now turns everything upside down. In ...

The first baby dormice have been born at a park in Leicestershire as part of a project to boost the population of the tiny mammals. More than 20 hazel dormice were released at Bradgate Park, near ...