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From a heroic long-distance swimmer to a producer of spectacularly eerie sound effects, the seabirds seen swooping and diving over British waters have all manner of singular skills, says John Lewis-Stempel

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Climate change is shifting the balance of vineyard biodiversity, creating new challenges for wine-growers

Asian or yellow-legged hornets (Vespa velutina) can deliver a very painful sting widely described as being “jabbed with a red-hot needle”. However, as with our native European hornet (Vespa crabro), t

Q I’m used to hearing golfing terms like “bogey” and “birdie”, but what exactly do they mean? I’ve never known! A There are probably quite a lot of people out there who have heard these terms but aren

Naseeruddin ali takes great pride in his home village of Madanpura, nestled in the northern reaches of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, as it is one of the few locations where the world’s tallest