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Naseeruddin ali takes great pride in his home village of Madanpura, nestled in the northern reaches of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, as it is one of the few locations where the world’s tallest

With a ‘butterfly emergency’ in the UK, conservationists are gearing up for this year’s Big Butterfly Count. But what has happened to these insects? And can they – on a wing and a prayer – ever bounce back?

The first small tortoiseshell I’ve seen this year has just fluttered past – and my heart soared. This is one of those iconic common and widespread butterfly beauties that reminds me of my childhood ro

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

It’s 9pm in late april in an area of the Isle of Man known as the Ballaugh Curragh, and a most unusual nocturnal migration is taking place. As darkness descends on a 2km² area of wet woodland, an esti

INTERVIEW BY TORRI MUNDELL PHOTOGRAPH BY ALAMY Andy ...