The only way is up

The natterjack toad is making a remarkable comeback in southern England, thanks to some help from farmers, writes Isobel Bretherton

I WOULD ARGUE that one of the joys of this hobby is encountering people who are as passionate about aquaria, fishes and nature in general as myself. I find it quite wonderful to get into conversation

THE BEAUTY WITH snorkelling or diving is that it transports you away from the rat race of modern life into an alien world, far detached from our own. With that first dip beneath the surface, the stres

THE BLACK-CAPPED chickadee is wonderfully onomatopoeic. When the diminutive songbird, which is Canada’s answer to the great tit, spots a great-horned owl perched in a tree, it broadcasts a shrill ‘chi

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

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