Great eared nightjar

Hoarding is a common animal behaviour. Lots of creatures cache food for times of scarcity. You probably know that squirrels hide nuts and wood mice store seeds, but did you know that fire ants stockpi

Red kites, great spotted woodpeckers and pink-footed geese are only a few of the birds doing brilliantly in the British Isles right now. Mark Cocker celebrates their success stories and looks at what might be learnt from them

A male kākāpō on Whenua Hou, New Zealand A ...

Nadia Shaikh goes synaesthetic for the start of spring, almost tasting the orange tang of an early butterfly

Let’s take a closer look at these colourful, handsome birds

The pine marten is back, roaming the UK’s woodlands. And its return to some spots after almost a century might be helping out the red squirrel…