As the worm turns

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

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

Peek over the parapet of a bridge just as daylight bleeds into dusk, gazing down through the clear layers of a shallow river or chalk stream, and you may glimpse the shadowy, serpentine form of an eel

Moles are strange. they have evolved to become so highly specialised and attuned to a particular way of life that they are, for the most part, out of sight. Underground, they live in a fossorial world

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

Fee-fi-fo-fum! it may not make a great deal of grammatical sense, but this phrase is certain to conjure up mental images of magic beans, rampant beanstalks and one very angry giant. Colossal-sized hum