Swallow staycation

Record numbers of our most celebrated migrant bird never left British shores this winter

New species discovery

NEW SPECIES DISCOVERY Rose-veiled fairy wrasse WHAT IS IT? Originally thought to be an adult of a different fairy wrasse species, Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis, further analysis of both adults and juveniles of this beautiful fish has revealed that it is in fact a separate species. It has been named the rose-veiled fairy wrasse, Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa. WHERE […]

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Lost & found

Egyptian vulture, Co Roscommon

Real-life bambi

Real-life bambi Ridiculously cute roe deer kids are born in May and June, often hidden in long grass or bracken, where their spotty coats provide camouflage. Twins are the norm, unlike in Britain’s larger deer, and the young now taking their first wobbly steps are the result of matings last summer. In the 1923 book […]

Squeezy not wheezy

Now we know how boa constrictors can eat and breathe at the same time

Collective nouns

A descent of woodpeckers

WWT

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Big and beautiful

Catch the showy colours of one of Britain’s largest moths

Female of the species

Lucy Cooke on the extraordinary reproductive feat of one marsupial