Category: Wildlife

Incredibly, at least seven other species of bat are known to hunt by night in the pastures, woodland, gardens and streamside around the old mansion, a reflection of the rich …

A scatter of soil thrown in the air from a patch of bracken, a quiet wheezy grunt, and out on to the Bluebell-spangled turf emerges Britain’s most endearing bird a …

It wasn’t only the plants that proved to be an attraction up here in the mountains. Later that day, walking along the top of a steep slope, I heard an …

On the dusty track of the Turner River Trail in Florida, the sauna-like, midsummer air is alive with the vibrant hum of squadrons of colourful dragonflies. Centuries-old Bald Cypress trees, …

When I returned from Kenya I contacted both Oxfam and Save the Children, both of whom have programmes of work in Kenya. I explained the issues, not as an ecological …

Acting as a kind of camp overseer was Robert Lentaaya, a Dorobo who was also a knowledgeable naturalist (see Chapter 11); both he and Luca had helped me put together …

Stepping Out on “the Steppey As we walked along the rutted path, olive and brown striped frogs, from tiny to large, legs stretched out behind them like free-fall parachutists, dived …

Bunches of leathery, green-stemmed Water Crowfoot plants rooted in the shallow, gravel riffles, floating their gorgeous, white-as-snow flowers on the water’s surface, decorated our idyllic riverine route. Straining ahead to …

But Wojciecowski is not convinced that the French Government’s determination to bolster bear numbers while giving money to farmers to reflect their extra cost is going to work. ‘Paris imposes …

Softly spoken and charming, Francois Arcangeli is a most unlikely recipient of death threats. And Arbas, the tranquil and somewhat forlorn village tucked away in the foothills of the French …