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Waddling over the stones of South Georgia Island, ther
Jolly frock-coated robins, majestic geese and arboreal partridges make for both literal and symbolic centrepieces at Christmas, says Matthew Dennison, as he revels in the cultural history of the season’s feathered fowl and game
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
Nadia Shaikh seeks good company for a search-and-gorge to get her through the ruthless darkness of the winter months
Keepers at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia have noticed a fashion trend spreading among groups of chimpanzees living there – sticking strands of grass in their ears or rectums, and just le
Santa’s really got his work cut out with my brood...
Scientists have pulled a 6-millionyear-old chunk of ice ...