Campaigners opposing housing development at the closed Bristol Zoo Gardens site outlined an alternative proposal at a public meeting in Clifton earlier this week.

The river Frome has wound its way inconspicuously beneath the streets of Bristol’s city centre since the 19th century, when it was bricked over for urban development. Despite being once vital to the city’s success in industries like milling and tanning, the hiding of the river from public view has trickled down through the centuries into its absence from the public consciousness.

Networking is not only about getting work, but also about getting opportunities to learn, advance your career, or remain tuned-in to developments in the industry. By going to events or staying in touch with colleagues in the same field, you can keep up-to-date about news relating to environmental science employment, research activities and projects, and even new people in the field.

What jobs can you get with an ecology degree? Here, I describe 10 environmental careers you can work in with a degree in ecology!

Watch the fights and hear the bellows of Richmond Park deer during rutting season! In this London wildlife vlog, I take you on a journey around different groups of deer in Richmond Park Nature Reserve and talk through the different rutting behaviours on film.

I spoke to the people behind WAWA conservation, a brand new charity that focuses solely on raising funds for the less cute and cuddly animals of the world, to find out why weird and wonderful animals matter

Discover the best places to find wildlife jobs, animal internships, conservation volunteering and more! I’m on a mission to make working in wildlife and conservation more accessible, affordable, and achievable.

In this wildlife adventure vlog, I search for cassowaries, other Daintree rainforest animals, and Australian plant species in Australia's Daintree rainforest!

Q&A with me! Stephanie Martin, the woman behind Step(h) into Nature, on my brand spanking new science YouTube channel! Watch to find out more about me, my journey from research to SciComm, and my advice for those wanting to do the same!

A recent study has found that the tropical forested area of the Udzungwa Scarp in Tanzania is suffering from a bad case of the humans

scientists have been testing out blimps as a way of studying marine wildlife and preventing dangerous human-wildlife interactions. I spoke to one of these scientists, Kye Adams, to find out why they decided to use blimps, and whether they could be a game-changer when it comes to ecological research.

Here, three Black environmental scientists discuss their experiences with racism, how social media can play a role in challenging stereotypes, and changes that must be made in academia for more Black people to enter, and remain in, STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields.

The Greenspace Bird Calculator uses citizen science data to protect wildlife in urban greenspaces by predicting bird diversity. Urban greenspaces are important as they ‘can support relatively high biodiversity compared with natural or rural habitats and may even support threatened species’.

watch new film ‘the lost forest’ covering Julian Bayliss’ latest tropical rainforest discovery and read his advice on how to succeed in conservation.

Beavers escorted out of town by police? Sheep just as upset about McDonald’s closing as you are? !I have scoured the internet and bothered strangers on social media using Google Translate to bring you some of my favourite stories of animals taking over in urban areas that you probably haven’t heard yet!

Appease mother nature by celebrating earth day 2020 online! Whereas past iterations of Earth Day have involved environmental activism, community clean-ups, and events, this year’s events take place 100% online. It can be harder to feel engaged with nature when you’re stuck indoors, so I’ve put together a few ways you can celebrate Earth Day from home!

While there is a push to shut wildlife markets to prevent another bat culinary-based global pandemic, should we be looking at our other wildlife interactions? From vital wildlife rehabilitation centres to the fight against the illegal wildlife pet trade, risks of future outbreaks exist all over the world.

Ramp up the laptop and fill the kettle because it’s time to save the planet! While most wildlife volunteering is associated with expensive flights to far-flung corners of nowhere or stomping around in the rain in your home patch, there are plenty of ways to be an online conservation volunteer for free!

I’ve done the research so you don’t have to! 9 of the best wildlife live streams to bring joy into your current existence. Right now, we’re all experiencing varying degrees of isolation and cabin fever thanks to COVID-19, so let’s forget all about that for a while and instead get stuck into the great outdoors from home!

I spoke to the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year lumix People's Choice Award winner Sam Rowley about the importance of urban wildlife photography, how you can, and why you should, get involved, and why he wouldn’t recommend spending your nights lying on a London underground station platform surrounded by mice and the general public.