Nature’s weirdest creatures

All they need is a specialised organ, some calcium-rich food and time

Plants are so clever at adapting to their increasingly hot, sunny and dry surroundings

At this time of year many lakes and rivers are thick with it but, while many anglers may curse the green stuff, here’s why the underwater world would be all the poorer without it...

Forget regular hops. At Futtle, a brewery in Fife, Stephen Marshall and Lucy Hines make their signature seasonal beer using locally foraged seaweed

Coastal gardens can be dazzling, but only if you work with local conditions. Here’s what to consider

They’ve recently made headlines for interfering with boats, but intelligent, family-focused and remarkably long-lived orcas–better known as killer whales–contain multitudes,