Disney’s favourite fish is shrinking

POND DIPPING IN SOUTH AMERICA IS surprising, mainly because it isn’t that different from pond dipping in a British ditch. There are familiar faces in the water: beetles, pond skaters, water boatmen, d

DID YOU KNOW that for less than £30, you can add one of the strangest fish on the reef to your aquarium? Everyone loves a good oddball, and the urchin clingfish (Diademichthys lineatus) ticks all the

Several years ago, I received a curious photo from a bass-fishing friend – let’s call him Andy. It was a bit blurred and, as I squinted to make sense of it, a second image flashed up. There was Andy,

The question about wild swimming I get asked most often is: “is it safe?” Rarely does this query refer to the risk of drowning – the usual concern is about the quality of the water. And understandably

The roach might not be a tasty catch, but this sound and sociable shoal fish is so adaptable it can thrive in all manner of less than desirable waterways

They’ve recently made headlines for interfering with boats, but intelligent, family-focused and remarkably long-lived orcas–better known as killer whales–contain multitudes,