Clouds of noxious gas, stink bombs and purple smokescreens may sound like schoolboy pranks, but the animal world is just as capable of executing arresting chemical warfare, says Deborah Nicholls-Lee

A grow-your-own renegade chases strange crops and smug flavours… only to discover that breaking garden rules doesn’t always taste as good as sticking to them l

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Adrian Thomas looks to the skies for three special birds that you may see over your garden or might even attract into your space to breed

Yossi Yovel The Genius Bat Understanding our most mysterious mammal 336pp. Oneworld. £20. Philosophy begins with wonder, according to Plato and Aristotle. As for philosophy, so, and more so, for biolo

Organic gardening helps predators such as ladybirds, which ...