Blog: Mammals

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Close-up image of a hazel dormouse asleep in its nest.

Hibernation – wildlife’s winter survival strategy

The Wildlife Trusts’ youth activism manager, Arran Wilson, draws on his background as a lecturer in zoology to explore what exactly hibernation is, and which animals rely on it to get through…

Water vole in reeds

The Water Vole

Kelly Hollings, Restoring Ratty Project Officer for Northumberland Wildlife Trust, explores the habits of these much-loved mammals.

Curious adult female grey seal

Grey Seals

Discover the world of these magnificent marine mammals with Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales’ Skomer Island warden, Nathan Wilkie.

European badger (Meles meles) adult peering through long grass, Summer, Dorset, United Kingdom

A majestic yet misunderstood and misrepresented mammal

Famously characterised as crotchety but dependable in Kenneth Grahame’s classic ‘Wind in the Willows’ story, one of our largest and most enigmatic wild creatures is, in my view, subject to far…