Nature

My week as an Eleonora’s falcon

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

My week as a marmalade hoverfly

‘Keep away, I’m dangerous, my stripes exclaim. But I’m no wasp’ – Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

‘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

Why wellies, worms and birdsong are vital to children’s mental health

Exposure to nature offers numerous benefits, but not every child has access to green spaces. The Zoological Society of London is campaigning for all schools to be able to offer outdoor learning experiences

The evolutionary biologist with her own dramatic story

Ella Al-Shamahi is the erudite presenter of a breathtaking new series about our 300,000-year history. But her own evolution story isn’t short of drama either…

I may be a born killer, but I’ll never leave mum: my week as a resident orca

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

‘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

‘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

Are rivers living things? Yes, says Robert Macfarlane

Traversing four water systems around the world, Robert Macfarlane calls for rivers to be recognised as living beings in a powerful confluence of environmentalism and sublime prose

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