Shy charmer with a sideways scuttle

On a windswept bluff in West Sussex lies an artist’s glorious garden – a quiet triumph shaped by salt spray and shifting tides

From a heroic long-distance swimmer to a producer of spectacularly eerie sound effects, the seabirds seen swooping and diving over British waters have all manner of singular skills, says John Lewis-Stempel

The monkey slug is not some experimental genetic monstrosity. But even if you see one in the flesh, you may still be unclear what this odd, brown hairy thing is, with its array of fuzzy tentacles. It

Crabster is built to crawl across the ocean floor, reaching locations off limits to other submarines

With the beach just a pebble’s throw away, this once-barren Suffolk garden is now a dreamy mix of relaxed, contemporary planting that thrives in the salt-laden winds

Karen Youngs has a painful encounter with a nettle patch on an afternoon walk