Here today, extinct tomorrow

The astounding biodiversity in the country’s Amazon region gives rise to one of nature’s richest larders

As you move from the poles towards the equator, species richness increases. It’s a pattern that’s been termed the ‘latitudinal biodiversity gradient’ by ecologists, and Victorian naturalist Alfred Rus

Cudillero, Asturias, Spain Photographer: James Cheadle. There are ...

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

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Say “Rainforest”, and the average sailor will conjure up an image of some exotic tropical landscape covered in jungle that is home to a diverse array of plants and animals. I first came across such a