What is an oasis?

At this time of year many lakes and rivers are thick with it but, while many anglers may curse the green stuff, here’s why the underwater world would be all the poorer without it...

Creating beautiful spaces while increasing biodiversity, minimising environmental impact and preserving natural resources is a common goal – here, garden experts share their methods

AS RARE RAINS SWEEP ACROSS NORTHERN NAMIBIA, ITS LANDSCAPES SPRING TO LIFE, WITH FLOWERS BLOOMING IN THE DESERT, WILDLIFE RETURNING TO THE WATER-SOAKED BUSH — AND A RHINO POPULATION THAT CARRIES ON REGARDLESS

From dilapidated cottages to the site of a notorious nuclear disaster, what is behind the longing to seek out abandoned places, asks Katie Scott

Plants are so clever at adapting to their increasingly hot, sunny and dry surroundings

Decorating the land with their brilliant and varied hues, our native flora–which operate as clocks, calendars and Nature’s medicine cabinet–are simply blooming brilliant,