In the spotlight

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

Spring is the time to see the muscular and noble goshawk, usually as elusive as a ghost circling and swooping through the sky

Walruses live in the arctic and sub-Arctic. They are one of the largest pinnipeds (meaning fin-footed) and are related to seals and sealions. Their Latin name, Odobenus rosmarus, translates as ‘tooth-

I t’s the summer solstice, and the mountains ...

After more than a century of persecution, things are finally looking up for the goshawk, one of the UK’s most spectacular and elusive birds of prey. Research from the British Trust for Ornithology (BT

The stag beetle’s intimidating appearance belies its vulnerability, says Claire Saul, as she discovers what we can do to help them survive