Unfairly maligned as a sneaky troublemaker, the quicksilver ferret is a characterful, curious and highly intelligent creature–with fascinating regal and cultural trappings to boot, writes Octavia Pollock

Britain is a country mercifully bereft of threatening fauna–or so you might believe. John Lewis-Stempel provides a miscellany of our otherwise benign land’s more fearsome critters

Deena was suffering from depression when she heard that an area of the Colorado Rocky Mountains near her home sheltered the elusive snowshoe hare. “The idea of photographing these animals was just wha

Nature needs time to adapt to changing conditions,

Hannah Betts prefers parading pelts to donning dun uniforms

How is climate change – and consequently evolving farming practices – affecting hunting? Andrew Sallis finds out