Mere moth or merveille du jour?

Peak autumn has a treasure trove of non-feathered riches to discover, says James Lowen

From Regency medicine men to the technicolour world of The Beatles, the history of psychedelic mushrooms is richer than we might expect, says Deborah Nicholls-Lee

The sixtieth anniversary ‘heritage’ edition of Ariel

The results of Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count 2025 are in, revealing the long-term forecast for the survival of many of our much-loved summer insects is still gloomy. The sunniest spring

A year in the life of the eighteenth-century naturalist

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