American black bears evolve cinnamon-coloured coats

KNOWN FOR ITS ASSOCIATION WITH perfume, musk is a strong-smelling substance produced by the glands of muskrats, some civet species and musk deer. In adult male musk deer, the material is produced by a

What a time to be alive… if you’re a capercaillie! The average brood size of this rare bird has more than doubled in parts of Scotland, a paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society B reveals– thanks to

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Taking a break from installing anti-bird spikes intended to keep gulls off houses in Porthleven, Cornwall, maintenance worker Darren Pardoe visited a seafront pub for a cup of coffee. Sitting outside,

The pine marten may have a taste for jam sandwiches, but its razor-sharp claws and appetite for eggs and grey squirrels makes it a predatory force to be reckoned with, says Patrick Galbraith