Animals

Can UK farming survive rising costs, climate crisis and a new tax?

Britain’s farming families fear for their livelihoods and food security – but they want to be part of the solution

World divided as plastics push elephants closer to extinction

A UN treaty to ban single-use products is facing resistance from nations including the US, India and Russia

‘We don’t need no sivilizing’: my week as an American alligator

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

My week as a false cleanerfish

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

My week as a hyacinth macaw

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

My week as a paradise tree snake

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom

My week as a tarantula hawk

Each week Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom

There are 13.5 million dogs in the UK - many are spoilt rotten

Most Britons consider their furry friends the ‘love of their life’, and are spending more on them. Yet, it may be unhealthy for their pups

Simon Barnes: my week as a tsetse fly

Each week Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom

Dog owners can conquer grief with a £37,000 clone

A Shropshire laboratory is taking skin samples so that beloved pets can be reproduced before finding their way home

‘Life as a creative genius is no bed of roses’ – my week as a nightingale

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom

In pictures: wild animals enjoying dinner with a difference

Squirrels, cats, raccoons and birds… the fantastical still-life photographs of Lia Darjes

‘I’m considering landing this year’ – my week as a swift

Each week, Simon Barnes describes what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom

Unique and inimitable – my week as an aardvark

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom

Humans? Only in an emergency – my week as a vampire bat

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom

‘Wait for the sun. Hope to survive’: my week as an Orange-tip butterfly

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven-days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom