Mother wasps do the work: Country diary 100 years ago
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 23 May 1913The mother wasps, founders of the future colonies, are now busily house-hunting, town-pl...
Sun 19th May 2013
In the Scottish Highlands they call buzzards "tourist eagles" because, when visitors from the south see any large, broad-winged bird of prey, they oft...
Sun 19th May 2013
The invisible beauty of flowers - in pictures
Artist Susumu Nishinaga has used a scanning electron microscope to delve deep into the fabric of petal, leaves and pollen
Sun 19th May 2013
New to nature No 104: Meenoplus roddenberryi
The presence of isolated bug Meenoplus Roddenberryi on Gran Canaria suggests important things about the evolution of cave-dwelling speciesThings are l...
Sun 19th May 2013
The protection of our fauna and flora is becoming one of the most important tasks of this generation, as more and more become endangered by human gree...
Sat 18th May 2013
Puffin census examines impact of winter on breeding numbers - video
Patrick Barkham heads to the north-east of England to visit the Farne Islands, where the National Trust is embarking on an epic census of the puffin p...
Fri 17th May 2013
Population growth and climate change explained by Hans Rosling – video
Han Rosling demonstrates the dynamics of population growth, child mortality and carbon dioxide emissionsClaire ProvostClaudine Spera
Fri 17th May 2013