The voice

Tweet of the Day Martin Hughes-Games presents the story of the curlew Spring is a feast for all the senses, when wild sounds in particular seem thrillingly intense. None more so than the haunting song of the male curlew, with its long, low notes quickening into a sustained bubbling trill that sends shivers down your […]

Opinion: Gillian Burke

“The ability to respond to change is baked into Earth’s systems”

BORN FREE

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Origin of pieces

A wrybill’s beak

Cuckoo pints are in bloom

Lords-and-ladies flower in April and May and favour shady habitats

News in brief

IN BRIEF Monster find A park ranger in Queensland discovered a massive cane toad weighing 2.7kg, which is possibly a new world record. Nicknamed ‘Toadzilla’ the poisonous amphibian was removed from the wild and euthanised as it is an invasive species. Cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935, they have no natural predators and […]

Catch it quick

The St Mark’s fly adult stage doesn’t last long

HURTIGRUTEN

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Reading the signs

Humans can understand gestures of other great apes

Sloths in new study are stronger on their left side

The consistent tendency for left sidedness across the individuals researched was unexpected