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Party in the park

Feeding the coatis has led to a troublesome population explosion in one Brazilian city

Q&A

Q & A Email your questions to wildquestions@immediate.co.uk Does the UK have any coral reefs? HELEN SCALES ANSWERS: Corals are certainly not confined to the shallow, sunny waters of the tropics. More than half of around 5,000 known species of corals live in cold and deep waters. The main reef-forming coral in UK waters is […]

Go wild

Your guide to getting closer to nature this month

Photo club

PRIZE-WINNING PHOTO Colour change I was mesmerised when I found these newly hatched stink bugs in my backyard under the leaf of a guava tree. Without disturbing them, I captured some photographs one evening with the help of a focus assist light and flash diffuser. When I checked on the insects a few days later, […]

Snap-chat

Craig Jones talks wildlife-mimicking dogs and escaping incoming tides WITH BBC WILDLIFE PICTURE EDITOR TOM GILKS How did you get into photographing wildlife in the first place? My love of wildlife started from a young age – learning about nature was instilled into me by my late mother. I used to draw what I saw […]

Your letters

Marvellous martens put on a midnight show My son and his family live in southern Spain, between Malaga and Ronda, and last night he and my visiting nephew were treated to a wonderful spectacle of three beech martens on their neighbour’s roof, probably young ones, just before midnight! My granddaughter of 13 woke up, and […]

Next month: Yellowstone

NEXT MONTH Yellowstone 150 years ago, American President Ulysses S Grant signed the Yellowstone Park Protection Act, thus establishing the world’s first national park. Writer Lynn Houghton explores this iconic destination in its anniversary year to uncover its colourful history, its conservation successes and its spectacular natural highlights, from bison to bears – not to […]