Section: Nature & Biodiversity

Wild tales from the flora and fauna

Guest Post

The skin of our coastsCalculating the surprising value of a mangrove forest
Book Extract

The Caring HandSpanish field veterinarian and author María Sánchez honours rural women in the shadows
Feature

Meet the fairy people who worship natureThe Kalash is Pakistan’s last-remaining animist tribe
Conversation

Restoring Eden – Iraq’s marshlandsAzzam Alwash in conversation with John Elkington
List

Weird fishesThese fish are cooler than you
Book Extract

Dougald Hine – At Work in the RuinsA deep, dark reflection on humanity’s destructive path
Guest Post

Defender of the ReefFreediving with Coral Gardener Titouan Bernicot
Feature

Deep troubleIs deep sea mining inevitable?
Feature

Empty SkiesStopping the vulture’s freefall
Feature

Ova before ya know itOcto-life – from egg to enigma to end
Quick Read

A bond across centuriesVisit the last place of the extinct great auk
List

“All birds are gay!”Paris Nicholson’s top five hottest birds in the sky
Interview

Wing and a prayerTim Flach’s rare and endangered bird portraits are punk AF
Feature

The golden coral women of WasiniMeet the Kenyan fisherwomen breathing life back into a dying island
Feature

Let’s go fly a red kiteNature talks! A bird’s eye view from Argaty
Interview

Spawning a different planetJapanese photographer Tony Wu celebrates the ocean’s remarkable ‘alien’ creatures
Interview

Beneath the surfaceAn epic voyage with underwater photographer Cristina Mittermeier
List

Top 10 Earth Day eventsHow to do Earth Day 2023
Quick Read

Dovemania!Meet the Spanish artist who really, really loves doves
Book Extract

The Internet of Living ThingsMicrobes have their own version of the Internet
Video

‘The Real Ross’ – Steve BrusatteSimone Angel meets Jurassic Park’s dinosaur consultant
Feature

See it, save it, sow itMeet the seed savers growing our future with every colour of the rainbow
Interview

The New Year starts with VeganuaryYou can make an omelette without breaking eggs
Quick Read

Welcome to the jungleA bestiary of birds who mean business
Interview

The climate hero that doesn’t sleepMatt Davies on why the termite is the greatest superbug
Quick Read

When nature singsEight new protest albums for the climate emergency
Interview

The stinger swindlerVicki Hird on why the hoverfly is the greatest superbug
Interview

The dragon with a jet engine bumJessica Ware on why the dragonfly is the greatest superbug
Quick Read

Virgins are doing it for themselvesThe endangered bird thinking positive to give birth
Interview

“I’d have a cold beer every day!”Toast Ale co-founder Louisa Ziane brews a better future
Interview

Eggs on the edgeSaving the world’s weirdest parrot and a newt the size of a man
Conversation

Diving after your dreamsNelly Ben Hayoun meets Jill Heinerth – the fearless aquanaut who dives through icebergs
Book Extract

“Cherish the soil as a living entity”Renowned eco-feminist Vandana Shiva reflects on 50 years of activism
Podcast

Eat me! A spider’s guide to foreplayTOPIA Season 02 podcast – The Futurenauts eat the patriarchy with Bitch author Lucy Cooke
Interview

On the wings of scienceTracking the extraordinary journey of the cuckoo
Editor’s Note

Introducing TOPIA Season 02 – The EggCracking life’s mysteries with Lisa Goldapple
Conversation

“Butterfly knowledge is climate change knowledge”MTV icon Simone Angel and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Diana Marcum chat butterflies in Belize
Conversation

“This compass doesn’t look right to me!”Philippe Rouja and Nelly Ben Hayoun dive into the Bermuda Triangle
Book Extract

How to start a mini-forest revolutionCan the Miyawaki Method rapidly rewild the world?
Interview

In Hearts WakeThe imperfect pursuit of a climate positive album
Feature

The Good, the Bad, and the G.O.A.T.What goatscaping can teach us about change
List

Amy Westervelt makes the best climate podcasts in the worldHere’s what she’s listening to
Feature

Animal heroesAnimals do the most outrageously good things
Interview

“Kafka knew what buttons he was pushing”What will be the last creature on Earth? A cockroach expert answers.
Interview

“Naked mole-rats are like the Rolling Stones”What will be the last creature on Earth? An evolution expert answers.
Interview

“Water bears are mini-astronauts”What will be the last creature on Earth? A tardigrade expert answers.
Conversation

Erling Kagge wants us to shut up!Nelly Ben Hayoun explores silence with the polar explorer
Guest Post

Homo Dodo – A suitable case for extinctionJohn Elkington’s Adventures in Wonderland
Interview

Obviously extinctAll hail these awesome doomed creatures by artist Bill Carman
Interview

“Nature will outlast capitalism”Songwriter-scientist Love Ssega designs his utopia
Interview

How to live – and build – in symbiosis with natureEco-conscious designer Julia Watson explores the power of Indigenous technologies
Guest Post

Loving Takaya – The Wild Sea WolfCatch the stunning journey of a lone animal hero on BBC iPlayer until 15 October
Poetry

Primordial Mother Speaks for HerselfAn Earth Day poem by Zakiya Mckenzie
Guest Post

Warring futures – Russia vs. Costa RicaForces of degeneration and regeneration battle it out
Guest Post

The dove that rocksHow the humble street pigeon became one of nature’s greatest success stories
Interview

How to bring down a Russian timber baronMeet the eco spies uncovering Siberian scandals
Quick Read

Pond scum art – Ever seen algae up close?TOPIA meets Instagram hit Couch Microscopy
Feature

“I have no desire to become a hat”I am beaver: if nature’s furry engineers could talk
Conversation

Teaching birds to fly – using puppetsTOPIA meets Kris Tompkins: the wilderness conservationist reversing extinction
Feature

Deep impact – Shooting to the starsMeet the world’s top astrophotographers
Interview

Scott Riley’s Ruins of Civilization“The animals started helping each other and things got biblical”
Poetry

Bangers, bears & tentacles!Three mind-bending poems from the point of view of an atom, nautilus and tardigrade
Short Story

The Old Heads of Elder Grove learn about air pollutionA short story by Zakiya Mckenzie

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