15 May 2023
The Search for Lost Birds project has already tracked down two species on its top 10 list. But is this focus on a handful of potentially extinct birds really good for conservation?
26 August 2021
Stop and listen awhile in any green space, and it probably won’t be too long before you hear birdsong. But how good are you at knowing what you’re listening to?
8 April 2020
Move over Martians, Earth has already been invaded by little green aliens, but how did parakeets become one of the most successful invasive species ever?
29 May 2019
Winged Jurassic dinosaur Archaeopteryx was more than just an early ancestor of birds – fossils reveal it was an evolutionary wonder akin to Darwin's finches
18 December 2018
Antarctica’s Adélie penguins nest on the well-preserved remains of their ancestors. All it takes is a trowel and a strong stomach to dig into their climate history
19 December 2017
From stolen underwear to clods of cow dung, some birds feather their nests with all manner of things – but what lies behind the decorative urge?
29 November 2017
Great bustards are huge birds that once roamed the plains of Britain. David Waters’s long battle to bring them back has been stalked by controversy and upsets
7 June 2017
We have nature reserves on land and at sea, but the sky has never been considered a habitat, let alone one worth preserving, until now
9 May 2017
A mysterious elephant, a fungal-apocalypse-surviving frog and a plump, ground-dwelling, nocturnal budgie were all written off before coming back from the dead
