A bug’s life

I started talking to dragonflies in India at a place where my husband and I stayed several times in the foothills of the Himalayas. I noticed that dragonflies came and settled in the sunshine on the p

Infestations of insects and other unwanted visitors is an ever present risk, especially in warmer climates, says Rupert Holmes

30-minute birder Amanda Tuke sees the benefits of being distracted by birds at home, and on the coast

there’s something about seeing a bat that makes you shout “bat!” It’s the only way to greet one – on summer nights around the campfire, waiting for the first to start flitting around the treetops, or

Just like a bee sting, apparently; hardly anything to worry about. Just painful enough to make you swear under your breath, and you might get a bit of a swollen finger. Sounds fine, but I’m still not

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