Hop aboard as Daisy Dobrijevic sets sail to discover the world’s most unusual beasts.

Red kites, great spotted woodpeckers and pink-footed geese are only a few of the birds doing brilliantly in the British Isles right now. Mark Cocker celebrates their success stories and looks at what might be learnt from them

Got a project you want to show, a poem you have written, or a science adventure you went on? This is your space to share it.

SVEN-ERIK ARNDT/ARTERRA/UNIVERSAL/GETTY ● There was a mallard duck ...

AMELIA arrives home from her half-day at work. She has the week’s shopping and quickly squirrels everything away, leaving just her children’s magazines on the kitchen table. Seeing she only has three-

Our first issue, in 1986, hinted at developments that have since taken place among bird populations, writes Matt Merritt