Female of the species vampire bats

Now the crowds have gone, Karen Youngs heads to the beach to enjoy the antics of some recent arrivals

I HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY life thinking bats were largely solitary creatures, apart from when they gathered in roosts in attics and, classically, church belfries. When I eventually saw fruit bats flying

ADVICE FROM OUR WOMAN’S WEEKLY DOCTOR

The cloning of animals – pets, farm animals, racehorses – is today done routinely on an industrial scale. Bianca Bosker investigates

The ethics of industrial insect farming

THERE WOULD BE LITTLE POINT IN having the ability to lethally poison a predator if you accidentally poisoned yourself and ended up just as dead. In the case of poison dart frogs, they dodge being pois