Meet the scientist: Karim Vahed
Entomologist and England manager at invertebrate conservation charity Buglife
Bees of the seas
New research has uncovered ‘pollinators’ – marine crustaceans – fertilising seaweed in our oceans
Paruroctonus soda
‘Soda’ is derived from Soda Lake in California, where the species was found
Lost & Found
Gulls are a polarising force in the field of birding
Doing battle
Pumped with testosterone, mature stags strike out in search of groups of receptive hinds
A win-win for farming and wildlife
Study reveals farming for nature doesn’t need to jeopardise food security
Collective nouns
A false 19th-century theory that ravens were uncaring parents
An apple a day
Apple season means a nutritional bonanza for all manner of species
News: Up – Down
New home Thirty-seven juvenile white storks were released at the Knepp Estate, West Sussex, in August, after being hatched at Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens and Kent’s Wildwood Trust earlier in the summer. The White Stork Project aims to restore a population of at least 50 breeding pairs in southern England by 2030 through a […]
Female of the species
Lucy Cooke on the creative conjugal affairs of a hedgerow songbird