Wildlife
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Outside the Kazakh capital, Astana, the river snowscape is populated by strange figures. Detroit-based photographer Aleksey Kondratyev investigated and discovered they were ice fishermen, who brave -40C temperatures waiting patiently for their catch
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Figure rises for second consecutive year, says Massachusetts’ top shark expert, warning of ‘public safety issue’ despite no deaths in state’s waters since 1936
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Jersey’s beaches can be lit by the amazing bioluminescence of glowworms, though their beauty remains a secret to many tourists, and islanders. A walking tour hopes to give more exposure to this natural wonder
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Rapidly growing Canada goose population is health hazard but quarter of King’s students sign petition to spare the birds
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Country Diary The insect’s abdomen pulsed – with a sudden flexing of its armour-like plates it was readying itself to fly, feed and pollinate
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Britain’s wildlife crime head says urgent security checks are needed to protect 111 rhinos in UK after attack near Paris
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The Long Read: A bitter battle is raging within the mole-catching community over the kindest way to carry out their deadly work
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Country diary: Wenlock Edge Since the 1960s the great tit population has doubled. They are becoming a global power
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A happy confluence of things has meant this part of the world is just crap enough to keep people away. Just kidding, it’s actually unspeakably beautiful
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Letters: This period of change coincided with Ground Force’s time on television
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Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk Wigeon boil up from the pools and the white lines across the males’ wings flash in the grey waves of their panic
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Australia has made solid progress in many areas covered by the five-yearly report, but population pressures, invasive species and climate change still present huge challenges
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State of the Environment report says heritage and economic activity are being affected and the disadvantaged will be worst hit
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A public campaign to cull ‘invasive’ cownose rays was hugely successful. But re-examining the data revealed a horrible truth: the rays weren’t the problem
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Berserk beasts, trashed crops, vengeful villagers: tales of ‘conflict’ come thick and fast as humans and elephants are forced into closer contact. But does it have to be war? Across Asia and Africa, there are hints of how we might live in peace
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Country diary: Haverah Park, North Yorkshire It is an unglamorous fringeland of rush pasture and white moor, yet nature finds a use for it
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From brush turkeys to powerful owls, Australia’s rarest wildlife lives in cities –protecting it has benefits for humans too
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Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 6 March 1917: When the tiny larva are hatched, the mother earwig looks after them in quite a correct manner, while the babes seem to recognise their nurse and crowd round her
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From algae to fish and polar bears, the loss of habitat caused by global warming is affecting the food chain
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Country diary: Painscastle, Powys Over the past few years, to my delight, a pair of mute swans had made this sky-reflecting hill-pool their home
Flying high: why peregrine falcons are kings of the urban jungle