Ducks in a row

Thought-provoking culture, insightful science and inspirational snippets to bring you up to date on all things uplifting, hopeful and happy-making

It’s 9pm in late april in an area of the Isle of Man known as the Ballaugh Curragh, and a most unusual nocturnal migration is taking place. As darkness descends on a 2km² area of wet woodland, an esti

Unhurried in flight and with a sideline in stolen goods, the handsome red kite is the gentleman thief of the raptor world

How to admire and protect our wonderful waterways in the UK

With high summer beckoning, John Lewis-Stempel reflects on the incomparable richness of pond life and the rewards of pausing to peer into the murky depths on a warm June afternoon

B ecause it’s the school summer holidays, it’s ...