How birds and beasts got their names

With high summer beckoning, John Lewis-Stempel reflects on the incomparable richness of pond life and the rewards of pausing to peer into the murky depths on a warm June afternoon

Rudoph II and the empirical study of nature

FOUNDATIONS ROME BEFORE ROME The legends that ...

Britain’s wild places are under pressure – but cycling gives us rare access to their beauty and fragility. Sophie Pavelle explores what’s at stake from the saddle

No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from ...

Travels in mountain country where nations have little meaning