Up and leave

Bats are known to move to hibernation sites in autumn

Dream weavers

Biologists discover jumping spiders experience rapid eye movement sleep by “peering into their heads”

Resurrection time for extinct Tasmanian tiger

Restoring the extinct thylacine could aid rewilding, but wildlife experts have their doubts

Life in the sloe lane

It’s harvest time for the fruit of the blackhorn tree

Here comes the rain again

There’s no better time to visit Britain’s lush temperate rainforests

Origin of pieces

The species is largely tropical, but the horns’ buoyancy means they do occasionally turn up on UK beaches

VITABIOTICS

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Naturetrek

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Opinion: Gillian Burke

“Yes, you can plant a tree, but will it survive and thrive?”

Return of the native

Common cranes have a distinctively slow yet somehow self-important stride