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No-mow roads

Councils are catching on to the potential of verges for wildflowers

Opinion: Gillian Burke

“The funders with the biggest pockets set the direction of travel”

Dragonfly debut May sees the first dragonflies patrolling weedy ditches and pools. They’re usually hairy dragonflies, which fly early in the year. To tell them apart from other species, you’ll need a clear view of a perched dragonfly to make out the hirsute thorax (it’s hard to see when it’s flying). Hairy dragonflies are found […]

10 deadliest animals (to us)

Appearance and size can be deceiving when it comes to animals that kill humans.

Meet the scientist: Vu Hoai Nam Dang

Investigating the illegal wildlife trade by talking to rhino horn consumers in Vietnam

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 […]