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After spending over a decade mapping our Milky Way, the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite is now being put into retirement. The spacecraft has almost depleted its reserves of the cold nitrogen ga

The best rare birds seen all around Britain in December

7 varied routes in England, Scotland and Wales

Away from the polished luxury of the Maldives’ famed resorts lies a tapestry of local culture, history and environmental resilience, proving that paradise has always been more complex – and rewarding – than it first appears

Many National Trails will claim to offer a variety of landscapes. But with forest, moorland, ridges, beaches, cliffs and one incredibly famous little mountain, the Cleveland Way is quietly chuckling at all of them. Country Walking walked the whole thing to prove it.

I’m expecting some new tropical fish to be delivered tomorrow, which will be added to a well-established aquarium. I have a quarantine tank set up for the new arrivals – six panda barbs, five rosy bar