Mike Collins is a trustee at Bath City Farm. He has worked in nature communications for more than 10 years and is a volunteer with his local toad patrol group.

Found in the UK, stoats and weasels are both small, brown, fast and ferocious mustelids with sinuous bodies and short legs. Learn how to identity each species, habitat, diet and the best places to ...

Serval cat guide: size, diet, lifespan - and where they live Meet the beautiful serval cat, a leggy wild cat that roams sub-Saharan Africa ...

Meet the alien-looking gangly lancer sea spider, a strange creature that sucks up and spits out its prey alive after taking a tasty nibble ...

Best bird tables: how to choose the best table to get more birds into your garden ...

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Melissa Hobson, doing business as The Ocean Writer Ltd., is a marine science and conservation writer based in Hastings. She has written about the ocean for outlets including BBC Wildlife, BBC ...

How to make a rockpool viewer Keep the kids busy on the beach this summer by helping them explore the wonderful world of rockpools. All you need is a plastic tub, clingfilm and gaffer tape ...

These divers spent 12 days carrying bags of shrimp and staring at fish in the Mediterranean Sea – here's why ...

Recent articles by Dr Philip Warren, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust ...

Do animals live longer in captivity or in the wild? How does it vary between species? Read on to find out!

Silver-washed fritillary: a guide to one of Britain's biggest butterflies, including how they mate ...