The pine marten is back, roaming the UK’s woodlands. And its return to some spots after almost a century might be helping out the red squirrel…

Red kites, great spotted woodpeckers and pink-footed geese are only a few of the birds doing brilliantly in the British Isles right now. Mark Cocker celebrates their success stories and looks at what might be learnt from them

Hoarding is a common animal behaviour. Lots of creatures cache food for times of scarcity. You probably know that squirrels hide nuts and wood mice store seeds, but did you know that fire ants stockpi

1 Pelicans used to live wild in the ...

The clue is in the title: who owns whom? It is one of the many unsettling questions at the heart of this compelling and disconcerting book. Charles Foster – barrister, Oxford fellow, vet and the write

SVEN-ERIK ARNDT/ARTERRA/UNIVERSAL/GETTY ● There was a mallard duck ...