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Birds on the brain
Opportunistic oxpeckers can be both a headache and a help to hippos
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Tiny tempter
It’s showtime for the male three-spined stickleback as he tries to attract a mate
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Sloths in new study are stronger on their left side
The consistent tendency for left sidedness across the individuals researched was unexpected
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Reading the signs
Humans can understand gestures of other great apes
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Catch it quick
The St Mark’s fly adult stage doesn't last long
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Cuckoo pints are in bloom
Lords-and-ladies flower in April and May and favour shady habitats
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ORIGIN OF PIECES
A wrybill’s beak
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GILLIAN BURKE
“The ability to respond to change is baked into Earth’s systems”
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Helen Roy
Ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology on invasive non-native species
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Crackle and pop
Short-beaked echidnas avoid over-heating by blowing – and bursting – bubbles on their nose
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Lost & Found
Greater yellowlegs, Waterford
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When spiders go fishing
A long-jawed orb-weaver spider uses its web to catch aquatic insects
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COLLECTIVE NOUNS
A nest of crocodiles
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Loud and proud
Secretive corncrakes with a scraping call arrive in the UK this month
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FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
Lucy Cooke on nature’s most martyred mother
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Reel in a warbler
The distinctive song of this summer migrant has its own name
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POO CORNER
Greater sage-grouse
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MARK CARWARDINE
“Without anti-poaching patrols, there would be no rhinos left to protect”
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Damselfish behaviour is influenced by rats
Loss of seabirds through rat predation affects reef fish hostility and could have wider impacts
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WE BUILT THIS CITY
Discover a mini metropolis housing hundreds of thousands of social insects
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AIN’T NOBODY
When it comes to reproducing, eating and breathing, this strange spider-like creature is all legs
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THE DEER AND THE DEPARTED
Intimate photos of roe deer reveal insights into family life in England’s graveyards
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ON CLOUD 9
High up in the cloud forests of Guatemala lives the breathtakingly beautiful national bird
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DEEP DIVE
Risso’s dolphins are rare and little-known, but conservationists are trying to learn more about them off the Balearic Islands
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Do not stroke the lion
From patting penguins to selfies with bison, are people becoming more reckless around wildlife? And is education or punishment the answer?
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Fight or flight
In one coastal Scottish village, a dispute rages between those who want to shoot wintering pink-footed geese and those who want to protect them
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GO WILD!
Your guide to getting closer to nature this month
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“The centre receives up to 3,000 bats each year”
Vet Anastasiia Dmytrivna Domanska rehabilitates bats in the Ukranian city of Kharkiv
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SNAP-CHAT
Tui De Roy on camera-wrecking turtles and car-wrecking elephants
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Brief encounter
A long hike and a quick peek at a brown kiwi
