What’s for dinner?

Fungi and insects make for an exciting season, says James Lowen

Toby explains why natural predators and late season warmth can help provide many of this year’s beleaguered plants with a second wind of growth

Bringing you some of the gardening news highlights

FOSSIL EVIDENCE TELLS US THAT insects have put wings to good use in their domination of the planet for the past 325 million years. However, some of these insects have given up their various motile fla

When I started studying honeybees in 1998, I quickly noticed just how much people loved them. I also realised that people’s knowledge rarely extended beyond “bees make honey” and “they live in hives”.

Over the past decade, awareness of the health, environmental and animal impact of eating meat has come to the fore. Meat-free sausages, burgers, steaks, hot dogs, schnitzels, goujons and nuggets are i