Fairytale fungi

Sally Coulthard reveals the darker side of some of our most bewitching blooms

Reminiscent of love and with an unmistakable odour of death, the little stinkers of the natural world might incite repulsion, but they are only doing their job, pleads Ian Morton

The monkey slug is not some experimental genetic monstrosity. But even if you see one in the flesh, you may still be unclear what this odd, brown hairy thing is, with its array of fuzzy tentacles. It

Karen Youngs has a painful encounter with a nettle patch on an afternoon walk

Quiz of the week 1) What is the ...

A close observation of the season’s cycles and respect for ecology have been the guiding principles in the development of the garden at Highlands, in the High Weald of East Sussex