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The secret rewilders
Stripy little pigs are busy engineering our woodlands
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Wild Isles Live
A journey behind the scenes of the acclaimed BBC series
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Impact of avian flu is worse than feared
Gannets, great skuas and roseate terns have been devastated by the disease
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Nesting site of secretive turtle revealed by locals
The cooperation of communites was critical to new observations of rare river turtle in tropical India
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Guiding lights for bees
The spectacular flowers of horse chestnut burst into bloom this month
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Skywalker saga
New hope as a rare gibbon named after the Star Wars hero has been discovered living in Myanmar
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Drones can help coral
Scientists are uncovering the mysteries of deep coral reefs with underwater drones and eDNA
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GILLIAN BURKE
“Is creating an interstellar human population really possible?”
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Blue and fin whales are interbreeding
A new genetic study finds that blue whales are mating with fin whales and producing fertile young
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New law restricts pet monkey ownership
Welfare of primates set to improve as private keepers in England will soon require a licence
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Red alert
It’s nesting season for the red mason bee
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Singing in the rain
The strange springtime song of the chaffinch
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TOP OF THE WORLD SOARING ANDEAN CONDORS
The heights of the cliffs and canyons of the Andes is where to spot these mighty creatures
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TOP FIVE PLACES
Where to see condors soaring
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EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE WATER ANOLE
The riparian reptile that evades danger by blowing bubbles
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TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
With the BBC series Mammals airing this spring, the series producer reveals how the crew captured some of our favourite animals in a whole new light
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HOPE IN SCIENCE
IVF is providing one last chance to save the northern white rhino from extinction
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ON THE HUNT
Does allowing wealthy tourists to kill wild animals actually help conservation?
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BEFORE THE DINOSAURS
Meet the bizarre animals that once ruled the world
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Anomalocaris
An apex predator with alarming appendages
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Arthropleura
The largest invertebrate to ever walk the Earth
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Inostrancevia
A sabre-toothed ancestor of modern mammals
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Scutosaurus
The giant lizard that was built like a bulldog
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Tiktaalik
The fish that led a revolution on land
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Dimetrodon
A dinosaur lookalike with a hole in the head
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Coelacanth
The ‘extinct’ fish that was rediscovered in the 1930s
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Meganeura
A meat-eating dragonfly the size of a sparrowhawk
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Tanystropheus
The real-life ‘Nessie’ with an extremely long neck
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Dunkleosteus
An armoured fish with a deadly bite
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MANDARIN MAGIC
A shy but beautiful bird that has made itself at home in the UK
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THE FOREST FIVE
Five more special birds that can be spotted in the Forest of Dean
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SNAP-CHAT
Will Burrard-Lucas on BeetleCam and short-lived drones
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Biggest spiders
Our pick of 10 arachnids with jaw-dropping dimensions