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Toby explains how to plant and protect these treasures from squirrels

THIS MONTH Barn owls

Wildlife gardening is hugely beneficial, both for biodiversity and for gardeners. By providing food, shelter and nest sites for a wide range of species, you get the opportunity to engage with the natu

Christmas is a time of year when friends and family often congregate. But in the underwater world there’s a whole host of benefits to be gained from sticking together

Whether winter-faded ferns, the spindly harvestman or the tyrannical stare of an irate chicken, through-lines from the prehistoric to our modern age are all around us in November, says John Lewis-Stempel