Nesting site of secretive turtle revealed by locals

30-minute birder Amanda Tuke sees the benefits of being distracted by birds at home, and on the coast

Peek over the parapet of a bridge just as daylight bleeds into dusk, gazing down through the clear layers of a shallow river or chalk stream, and you may glimpse the shadowy, serpentine form of an eel

For a quarter of a century, the National Lobster Hatchery in Padstow has been leading the way in crustacean conservation. Oliver Berry heads west to observe its mission in close-up

The hatchlings of the giant Amazon River turtle (Podocnemis expansa) in Guaporé, southern Brazil, have been waiting for exactly the right conditions to break free, Sir David Attenborough’s voiceover t

The best of the season to inspire and admire

In 2015, the world witnessed a quiet tragedy. On a remote island at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef, the last known Bramble Cay melomys disappeared. Its vanishing set a record – the first r