For most of the year, greater sage-grouse keep a low profile, blending into their vast sagebrush home across the American West. But come the breeding season, the males suddenly take centre stage – and

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Fluid in flight and perplexingly wide-ranging, the short-eared owl is a singular figure in the family– and a figure of particular terror to the vole

An ecosystem evolves across thousands of years, a biological interaction that is both intricate and fragile. The arrival of a new species can disrupt the balance, as we have seen in Britain with grey

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If you found one of these on your patch, you’d be guaranteed a fanfare, says David Lindo …