Living with the coronavirus pandemic has meant many of us can’t travel far, with one benefit being more time to take notice of the natural…
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Sapria: the stinking parasitic plant reveals another odd feature
Sapria is an extraordinary plant. It has no leaves, stem or root, can’t make food by photosynthesis, and exists almost its entire life as threads…
View More Sapria: the stinking parasitic plant reveals another odd featureCountry diary: from moss to the moon, this creature can survive anywhere
Until I watched Star Trek: Discovery in this latest lockdown, I’d never heard of a tardigrade. But when I learned that the super-sized, space-travelling monster…
View More Country diary: from moss to the moon, this creature can survive anywhere‘It’s about finding yourself’: Cornish hedgers plan record-breaking labyrinth
High on a Cornish moor, a living, breathing piece of artwork that is designed to last thousands of years is taking shape. Called Kerdroya, the…
View More ‘It’s about finding yourself’: Cornish hedgers plan record-breaking labyrinthAnimals and plants reclaim Scotland’s abandoned spaces: photo essay
Since the idea of rewilding took hold, it has generally been seen as a rural pursuit involving withdrawal from farmland so that animals and vegetation…
View More Animals and plants reclaim Scotland’s abandoned spaces: photo essayShowy orchids to scaly desert dwellers – Kew presents ‘new’ species
Botanists list plants newly discovered or named by scientists in 2020 RBG Kew selects 10 of 156 species officially named this year The ugliest orchid…
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