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When i heard the sad news of Bill Oddie’s death at the age of 85, I was transported back to childhood memories of giggling uncontrollably at him in 1970s TV comedy show The Goodies. Then, as I got older, I came to know him not just for his...
In the episode Plankton’s Untapped Potential, oceanographer Helen Czerski and plankton specialist Vincent Doumeizel talk about how the sea, and even the tiniest of lifeforms in it, have the power to help us survive in the future, if we...
Join broadcaster Martha Kearney and nature writer Patrick Barkham as they walk and talk in Foxley Wood, Norfolk. It has been undergoing long-term restoration, and seven years ago saw the return of the purple emperor butterfly, which had...
Photographer Pierre Borczuk captured this image one winter morning. “From November to February, snowy owls, on their southern migration, settle along the beach dunes of New Hampshire and Massachusetts,” he says. “Sunrise was behind me...
“A telescoping, razorsharp tube pierces the exoskeleton, delivering a minuscule single egg.”
“The dragons distribute the venom by raking their shark-like teeth through their prey’s flesh.” Why the ‘dragon’ moniker? Komodo dragons are monitor lizards, but the name fittingly reflects their historical reputation. Early explorers...
“Pigeons may be part of the city’s furniture, but to a goshawk, they’re an all-you-can-eat buffet.” Berlin is the capital of cool in Germany. And it has a secret side. Unbeknown to the cyclists, commuters and park-goers, Eurasian goshawks...
