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 ...

High in the treetops of the forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England, hazel dormice will soon have a new way of getting around - rope bridges. Dormice are tiny rodents native to England, and once ...

A torrent of water rushes underneath, gray and angry. Wind whips. Thunder rumbles in the distance. Clouds threaten rain. And before you is a bridge. But it is not just any bridge. It spans from one ...

Every step you take makes these old, worn-out planks creak. Is this bridge about to give out with you suspended 100 m (330 ft) above a raging river? Hang in there, help is on its way. Oh, and whatever ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with area ecologist Kate Wollen about Forestry England's efforts to save dormice. And yes, the rodents are terrifically cute. High in the treetops of the forest of Dean in ...