Day in the life of an ichthyology student

Before I realise what’s happening, the lid is off – and James Maclaine is pulling out a fistful of deep-sea anglerfish. I hadn’t been expecting him to plonk his bare hand inside the jar. I peer more c

The ichthyosaur fossil was discovered in 2001, but ...

CONFESSIONS OF A LURE JUNKIE

From landing hulking catfish on the Zambezi to talking tackle with Ted Hughes, COUNTRY LIFE’s fishing correspondent looks back on seven colourful decades

With a season of winter storms approaching James Batty explains how to make the most of the great bass fishing that comes during or after a big blow

How do you deal with the crushing blow of yet another blank session or period of fishing failure? Specimen hunter Lasse Bøe has the answers