| HUMBLE | Kate _, English wildlife and science show host (6) |
| NYE | PBS science show host Bill |
| KATE | ---- Humble, English wildlife TV presenter (4) |
| JOSEPH | Keith ---, Secretary of State for Education and Science from 1981-86 (6) |
| SYSTEM | Seriously gutted by maths and science subjects' methodology (6) |
| NATGEO | Cable channel with many science shows, familiarly |
| BRYSON | Bill, U.S. travel and science writer noted for his 1995 book Notes from a Small Island (6) |
| ESTHER | Physician and science communicator Choo |
| GREENAWAY | Kate _; English artist and illustrator of children's books (9) |
| THEGAMBIA | Country of West Africa, known for its wildlife and national parks (3,6) |
| STAGBEETLE | Insect partly protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act (4,6) |
| BECKINSALE | Kate ___, English actress who played Selene in the Underworld horror film series (10) |
| BLUEBELLS | Forming carpets in woodlands in spring and protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, one of the UK's best-loved wild flowers (9) |
| LAPWINGS | Known collectively as a deceit and protected under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act, birds also called green plovers, identified by their "peewit" call (8) |
| CONSERVATIONIST | One engaged in protecting and saving the environment, including wildlife and old buildings (15) |
| GEO | Nat ___ Wild wildlife and natural history channel |
| OMARA | Kate ___, English actress who played Caress Morrell in US TV drama series Dynasty (5) |
| PYGMY | - shrew; protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, one of Britain's smallest mamma |
| YELLOWSTONE | First national park in the U.S., known for its wildlife and the Old Faithful geyser |
| REDTIDES | Harmful algal blooms that often poison or kill wildlife and humans who consume contaminated seafood (3,5) |
