PURE SHORES - MACHAIR IN BLOOM

Head to the sandy coastlines of Scotland and Ireland to enjoy a dazzling diversity of wildflowers

MARK CARWARDINE

\"The most urgent conservation battles are being fought in boardrooms\"

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES - RING-TAILED LEMUR

Lucy Cooke on a prosimian society ruled by violent females

Gannets found to be avian flu survivors

Bass Rock northern gannet study finds irises of birds that beat avian flu turn from blue to black

Lost & Found

Grey-headed lapwing, Northumberland

Open and shut case?

Mudskippers have evolved the ability to blink like we do – and probably for the same reasons

MEET THE SCIENTIST - Yuliana Bedolla

Marine biologist and 2023 Whitley Award winner on protecting rare seabird nest sites

GILLIAN BURKE

“There was more to this than a score card of winners and losers”

"I created a dive team to collect marine data"

Neeve O'Flynn-Mundin is surveying sharks and coastal habitats around the Isle of Wight

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES ECLECTUS PARROT

Lucy Cooke on the flamboyance of the female eclectus parrot

Surprise attack from the rear

Sea cucumbers channel their inner spider to entangle predators

Limbless wonder

A secretive snake that performs cartwheels to escape from danger

Tero Mustonen

Goldman Environmental Prize 2023 winner on rewilding Finland’s degraded habitats

GILLIAN BURKE

\"The nature reserve prepares to welcome the farm into the fold\"

Captive-bred wildcats to be released in Scotland

Saving Wildcats conservation project reaches an important milestone this summer

Oceanic plastic rubbish hosts marine life

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the unlikely home for a range of normally coastal-dwelling species

LIVING WITH PREDATORS

In an ever-crowded world, conserving predators means valuing the people that live and can die - alongside them

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

The natural world as we know it wouldn't exist without pollination. We delve into the cool science of plant sex

BACK TO NATURE

In Argentina's Iberá Wetlands, a showcase initiative is returning several keystone species and restoring this wondrous ecosystem

Meet the presenters

Paul McGuinness in conversation with Chris and Michaela

SPRINGWATCH

It's as firm a fixture in the BBC's spring calendar as the FA Cup Final. But have you ever wondered what goes into making an episode of Springwatch?

DISCO INFERNO GREEN-BANDED BROODSAC

The parasitic flatworm that turns a snail’s eyestalks into colourful, pulsating glowsticks

FREE FALLIN' HUNTING PEREGRINES

Spot the ultimate urban predator stooping to catch prey this summer

Woodcocks are a whiter shade of pale

These waders sport the whitest feathers known to science - but they like to keep them under wraps

"Fret is always there, nagging like the itch of a horseily bite"

With devastating biodiversity losses and a climate in chaos, it's not surprising that we are increasingly anxious about the state of our planet

RISING FROM THE RUINS

Remnants of our built heritage can nurture thriving biodiversity - even in the most unlikely, desolate-looking locations. Here are 10 UK sites where human history meets the wild.

BACK IN BLACK

Rearing and releasing black-tailed godwits has given the rare wader a much-needed boost

TURTLE BEACH

The sandy shore of a sleepy fishing village in Trinidad hosts the highest concentration of nesting leatherbacks to be found anywhere on the planet

BUTTERFLY BRITAIN

Five years spent roaming the country in search of all 58 native species yielded a trove of insightful images

GOOD VIBRATIONS

The delicate garden insect that sends out a seductive song and duets with its mating partner