High-octane birdwatching

These iconic birds are never less than thrilling to see, writes Ruth Miller

Fifty years on from the creation of Costa Rica’s Corcovado National Park – home to 2.5% of the world’s biodiversity – it still feels like a wild outpost, thanks to a strict policy limiting the number of visitors

I awoke to an unearthly din, like a rubber foot pump with hiccups. It was so loud that I could feel it resonating in my guts. In the glass of water by my bed, I swear I saw concentric ripples à la tha

Long believed to be a symbol of good fortune, the albatross has its own annual world awareness day on 19th June. As legend would have it, the bird embodies the souls of sailors lost at sea, and to har

The tropical forests of Sabah might just move you to tears, writes Dominic Couzens

This week’s dream: a coastal paradise just outside Lisbon ...