Dive in with both feet

Just one look was all it took to appreciate this picture of elegance, writes David Lindo

Check your answers against our explanations. Remember, there are no ‘trick’ birds or extreme rarities among these...

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

A cold-water nomad with a voracious appetite, the overfished cod may be dwindling in numbers, but it is still a big beast of the sea

With a ‘butterfly emergency’ in the UK, conservationists are gearing up for this year’s Big Butterfly Count. But what has happened to these insects? And can they – on a wing and a prayer – ever bounce back?

“OBSERVING THE FISH BEFOREHAND RESULTED IN THIS EARLY ...