Forever young

Of all the garden minibeasts, few are as misunderstood as this humble creature

It was soft, rubbery and lubricious, a humongous earthworm to the untrained eye. I was pretty happy with my find until the joy of the moment was momentarily ruined when the ‘worm’ turned. It opened it

The best of the season to inspire and admire

Which species are the scariest, most venomous or biggest eight-legged freaks in the world?

Found across heathland, moorland, woodland and grassland, the common lizard can be seen basking in sunny spots

STANDING in the forest at 11 p.m. on a Scottish island, I feel like I’ve gone through the looking glass. The grass is purple, the trees look like they’re sheeted in aluminium, the leaves are red and t