Tiny tempter

It’s showtime for the male three-spined stickleback as he tries to attract a mate

Free swimmers

FREE SWIMMERS Tadpole season is upon us! But did you know that while most amphibian larvae are at risk from hungry fish, the tadpoles of the common toad are poisonous, so can boldly swim around a pond with impunity. This school were photographed in the grounds of a Viennese cemetery. PHOTO: CHRISTIAN WAPPL

There’s plenty of life among the deer and departed

There’s plenty of life among the deer and departed PAUL McGUINNESS, EDITOR HOT ON THE HEELS OF OUR SEARCH TO FIND the UK’s favourite places for wildlife, which marked our 60th birthday earlier this year (discoverwildlife.com/60faves), Sir David Attenborough has taken his own epic tour of these islands for Wild Isles, a new five-part series […]

Follow the crowd

Striped marlin come together to feast on speedy schools of baitfish in the Pacific