In the spotlight

How to admire and protect our wonderful waterways in the UK

With notable caveats, beavers can help wild trout thrive, writes Dr Rob Needham

Unhurried in flight and with a sideline in stolen goods, the handsome red kite is the gentleman thief of the raptor world

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 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

The monkey slug is not some experimental genetic monstrosity. But even if you see one in the flesh, you may still be unclear what this odd, brown hairy thing is, with its array of fuzzy tentacles. It