In a time when people are being asked to consider eating insects, we should, perhaps, learn a thing or two from the aardvark (Orycteropus afer), Africa’s ant-guzzling gourmand. On an average night, th

For a couple of years, Inky the octopus was a popular attraction at the National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier. Then, one morning in 2016, his tank was empty. Inky had made a daring break for free

‘Any opportunity to use water should be taken.’ So wrote Dame Sylvia Crowe in her seminal book, Garden Design, found on every garden designer’s bookshelf. It is a maxim that many of us follow, althoug

The normal diet of gladiators was vegetarian, but not through choice or principle. The rations in their barracks consisted of sagina, which literally translates as ‘stuffing’. It was a barley and bean

Nature lover Ros Butler is dedicated to clearing a giant interloper from riverbanks

Historically, anglerfish have not been commonly eaten in Britain. Although two species live in British waters – one of which, the white anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius, sometimes called monkfish), is