It’s party time for cuttlefish

A season of dancing, light displays and flirtatious shenanigans is on the cards for the cephalopods

Beavers are back in town

A project returns the rodents to London after a 400-year absence

Conservationist still under arrest

Hopes for the release of Morad Tahbaz, imprisoned by the Iranian government in 2018, have been dashed

Get ready for redstarts

Look smart: now is the time to see the dashing redstart in oak woods and on upland farms

No-mow roads

Councils are catching on to the potential of verges for wildflowers

Origin of pieces

A baboon’s backside

Opinion: Gillian Burke

“The funders with the biggest pockets set the direction of travel”

Dragonfly debut

Dragonfly debut May sees the first dragonflies patrolling weedy ditches and pools. They’re usually hairy dragonflies, which fly early in the year. To tell them apart from other species, you’ll need a clear view of a perched dragonfly to make out the hirsute thorax (it’s hard to see when it’s flying). Hairy dragonflies are found […]

10 deadliest animals (to us)

Appearance and size can be deceiving when it comes to animals that kill humans.

Meet the scientist: Vu Hoai Nam Dang

Investigating the illegal wildlife trade by talking to rhino horn consumers in Vietnam