Let’s fall in love
What day do birds choose their mates? And how do they do it? With help from Chaucer.
Pulling power
They have stood in lowly cattlesheds, they have shaped our agricultural history, and today they still help to cultivate half of the world's crops, but what exactly IS an ox?
Float like a butterfly
Finding nature in one of the most artificial artforms, classical ballet, for Country Life magazine.
P is for puddle
What do Sir Walter Raleigh and Peppa Pig have in common? Puddles, the wonderful freshwater habitat
Nature’s fakes and frauds
Mimicry in nature is when a plant or animal gains something by using the signals sought out by another.
Peemail correspondence
What dogs are decoding and other secret messages in the animal world. A feature for 3 November issue of Country Life.
Otterly wonderful
A bright-eyed and bewhiskered otter face is hard not to love.
Why the white tail?
A curious question for Country Life, in which I examine scuts, rumps and rears and wonder why so many animals have such obviously flashy appendages.
Tripping the light fantastic – in Country Life
Five glorious pages in Country Life magazine
The Blessed Bramble
Singing the praises of the humble bramble in July's Scottish Field.
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