It pays not to put all your eggs in one basket

A new book of bird photography celebrates not only the avian world, but the photographers using creative techniques to produce original artworks, from characterful studio portraits to eye-catching abstracts, writes Graeme Green

Suited to dazzle and trilling a joyous song, the goldfinch weaves its magic in both the countryside and garden

Sir Walter, a male greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), clearly has the run of the South Texas ranch at which photographer Karine Aigner is based. “He is a cool bird,” she says. “He owns the

Daisy Dobrijevic discovers the queen bees and alpha females of the animal kingdom.

From season to season, the ptarmigan’s clever camouflage is perfect cover for the mountains – observes an awestruck Nadia Shaikh

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