Warm summer of 2019 gives flight to butterfly numbers
The record temperatures of summer 2019 helped make it the best season for butterflies in 22…
Country diary: a muddy climb is rewarded with sweeping views
The narrow lane down to the beach was edged with the yellow flowers of celandines, huddled…
Great Barrier Reef watchers anxiously await evidence of coral bleaching from aerial surveys
The full impact of coral bleaching across the Great Barrier Reef will become clearer this week…
Emboldened wild animals venture into locked-down cities worldwide
As cities around the world mandate lockdowns, quarantines and social distancing, social media posts about animals…
Diet, health, inequality: why Britain’s food supply system doesn’t work
Tim Lang likes to take the long view. A conversation with the internationally renowned professor of…
Fewer oaks, more conifers: Britain’s forests must change to meet climate targets
Last century the Forestry Commission sparked anger with a mass planting of conifer trees designed to…
Rare Andean bears flock to cloud forest to feast on wild avocados
Deep in the Maquipucuna cloud forest, two hours drive from Ecuador’s capital, Quito, rare Andean bears…