To a British enthusiast, it's a once-in-a-lifetime encounter. Oxford don Professor EB Ford caught sight of one in 1941 and set off in frenzied pursuit.

According to the latest analysis, this legendary bird has only eight years left till extinction. That's far too short a time to appreciated its breathtaking beauty

It’s long been hard to find an image for the peculiar intensity of spring

There had been a colossal smothering, truly weird to witness

Visiting the restored ecosystem of the Norfolk Estate, under which the grey partridge once naturally flourished is like stepping back in time

The call of the cuckoo is the most musical sound in all of nature - but clock makers don't often capture it right

As you may have noticed, it's far too cold for our beloved bumblebees, but here's what to do while we wait...

This will be my last week as Environment Editor after 15 years at The Independent.
It has been a privilege to work for a newspaper which puts the environment first

This marks the waking of the natural world after winter’s deadness

Hercule Poirot would love the Art Deco buildings in the DRC city of Bukavu. He might be less keen on the gorillas

What does birdsong mean? On a trip to Kew with naturalist and writer Mark Cocker, our writer found out

For every other game species, there is a closed season. Why not for hares?

I sometimes wonder why we pay so little attention to what sooner or later some landscape bureaucrat is going to call “our waterfall resource”

This alien species was a little bit of Australia in Staffordshire

Reading a scientific paper estimating the number of wild birds in Britain, our Environment Editor made a charming discovery