Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years
Human intervention has dramatically reduced habitats for wild birds in Britain and with it the plenitude, volume and variety of…
The last continent: how deadly bird flu travelled the world before landing on a remote Australian beach
Researchers visited the South Georgia coast to monitor the spread of the H5N1 variant of flu among Antarctic fur seals…
Predator or prey? The confounding case of the missing sea eagle
The missing white-tailed sea eagle. Photograph: Ian GriffinView image in fullscreenThe missing white-tailed sea eagle. Photograph: Ian Griffin The UK’s…
Big gains for little terns: how Lindisfarne reserve is helping a rare bird survive tourism
A little tern on its nest, or scrape, with chicks. Photograph: Kevin Simmonds/RSPBView image in fullscreenA little tern on its…
‘Nature’s soap opera’: how a wildlife artist’s nestboxes became a YouTube hit
‘Nature’s soap opera’: how a wildlife artist’s nestboxes became a YouTube hit The births, fledgling flights and even first dates…
How a kindergarten teacher became the accidental guardian of 200 king penguins
King penguins have been coming to Useless Bay in southern Chile’s Tierra del Fuego region for hundreds of years. Photograph:…