A licence has been granted for beavers to be reintroduced around Loch Ness, 500 years after they were last recorded there. At least 15 beaver family groups are planned over the next three years, with the first releases possibly coming soon.
Residents across Kent can now borrow thermal imaging cameras for free from selected libraries. The 23 cameras are part of a 12-month trial that helps people spot heat escaping from their homes and find ways to save energy.
An endangered damselfly has been spotted in wetlands created by a project that restored a stretch of the River Ash near Hertford. The restored chalk river has also seen brown trout spawning on new gravel beds and more river invertebrates than before.
A rare Short-Necked Oil Beetle, once feared extinct in Wales, has been found breeding again at Castlemartin in Pembrokeshire. Experts discovered larvae after three years of searching, a hopeful sign for the species' future on the site.
