A councillor spearheading a drive to clean up Salford Quays has drawn dozens of volunteers to community litter pick events. 

Every year, Castlefield experiences a natural phenomenon as geese give birth to countless goslings, covering the area and causing controversy.

Behind an unassuming gate off Moss Lane in Macclesfield is a site of natural wonder and rare species – but

The management of grouse moors for the shooting season involves the systematic killing of the predator species, say campaigners.  The

Salford Town Councillor Lewis Nelson was appointed the first Wildlife Champion for Salford last week. The newly created Wildlife Champion

The study, led by Dr Mike Wood from the University’s School of Environment and Life Sciences, looked into how radiation had affected animal populations at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ).

Eight environmental projects in Greater Manchester, including a primary school gardening club and a project to re-invigorate Brunswick estate, have received £12,170 of FirstTranspennine Express Green Grants.

The thought of moth watching on a Saturday night might not give you butterflies in your stomach, but the work of migration experts would be ‘impossible’ without volunteers.

Manchester can look forward to a summer in full bloom after scooping the top prize in the national ‘Grow Wild England’ competition.

Colourful parakeets could add a splash of colour to an otherwise white winter this year, as Manchester twitchers are reporting a surge in the unusual bird population across the region.

Dwindling numbers of the ‘pink pigeon’ could see the highly-endangered bird soon go the same way as its relative the dodo – yet new research from a Manchester university may have the answer to save it.