Caterpillar
CATERPILLAR Anil Kumar Verma, Maharashtra, India During our visit to Sanjay Gandhi National Park my wife and I spotted this caterpillar, which was so well camouflaged that it took us some time to make out. It was kind enough to let us get some good shots before it left to munch on some leaves.
Now or never: The Kew Lecture 1990
Listen to a speech by HRH King Charles originally published in our June 1990 issue
Adventure
Whatever you do, don’t feed the bears!
Whatever you do, don’t feed the bears! PAUL McGUINNESS, EDITOR The mere mention of Yellowstone always brings to my mind Yogi Bear talking the long-suffering Boo-Boo into another daring raid on pic-a-nic baskets in their own Jellystone Park. It’s a warm picture, one that takes me back to simpler times. The real Yellowstone goes back […]
Small world
Highly commended in this year’s GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year, this image shows an aphid navigating the fruiting body of the slime mould Stemonitis. The competition winners will be announced on 28th October and you can see some of the highlights on our online gallery at discoverwildlife.com/photogalleries/gdt. Photo: VALERIA ZVEREVA/GDT EUROPEAN WIILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER […]
Skating on thin ice
Cheeky Adelie penguins will risk a telling off in order to steal some food
Magical merlins
A rare chance to spot the UK’s tiniest bird of prey
Conservationists welcome peat compost ban
Sales of peat to amateur gardeners will be banned in England from 2024
Rhythm of love
Male hyraxes that sing in the strictest tempo get females’ pulses racing
Bunch of keys
This month, rodents collect the dangly wings of ash