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Why are humpback whales flocking to the UK?Humpback whales are typically infrequent visitors to the Cornish coast, but this year they've been spotted in increasing numbers in the South-West, the Isles of Scilly and as far up the Channel as Sussex.
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Dawn Chorus: The beavers who built a £1 million project for free, and Alexa Chung's new Barbour collection -
Dawn Chorus: The birds, the bees, the jaguars, and the orb-weaver spiders –everything you need to know about love in the animal kingdomPlus a look at one of London's best pubs, counting birds in the countryside, and the urban foxes of London.
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'The whiff of a McDonald’s Happy Meal has them pouring in': London, where the foxes are streets aheadThe urban fox is as much a part of the city as the red bus or St Paul's. Will this elusive animal outlast us all?
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Dawn Chorus: Gangster badgers, at home with Sienna Miller, and a fresh slap in the face for first-time buyersFriday's Dawn Chorus looks at a badger gan
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Dawn Chorus: The mysterious miracle of the Cotswolds garden where 5 million snowdrops sprang up spontaneously, plus a Royal baby and our quiz of the dayPainswick's carpet of snodrops, plus a Royal baby, our quiz of the day and more make it in to today's Dawn Chorus.
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The farmers who embrace the right to roam: 'Farming can be isolating... it’s really nice when we get people through the yard'Jane Wheatley speaks to a farming couple who actively encourage walkers to come across their land.
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Salmon fishing and other stories, with Marina GibsonThe angler extraordinaire joins the Country Life Podcast to talk fishing, conservation and bagpipes on the River Tay.
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There's no place like home: How animals find their way back to their owners is a mystery we are still trying to solveLassie’s epic walk is the stuff of literary legend, but the real-life stories of animals making extraordinary journeys back to where they came from are even stranger than fiction. Richard Sugg investigates.
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A dozen walks to do before you dieLifelong walker, and former director general of the National Trust, Fiona Reynolds selects 12 exhilarating experiences that have personal meaning for her, from mountains to cities and coasts to river valleys.
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Curious questions: how an underground pond from the last Ice Age almost stopped the Blackwall Tunnel from being builtYou might think a pond is just a pond. You would be incorrect. Martin Fone tells us the fascinating story of pingo and dew ponds.
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The very hungry otter who stunned passers-by in the middle of StratfordThe home of Shakespeare is usually packed with tourists. This week, they were treated to an amazing sight.
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'I’ve come here this evening to experience darkness. I’ve been craving it, the richness and peace of it, the way you crave silence when you’ve had too much noise'Connected to a vastness that’s beyond comprehension, the night sky has inspired both artistic and scientific visionaries since the dawn of time, says Anna Levin.
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John Lewis-Stempel: The English village, that beguiling habitat closest to the heartGreen, pub, church, duck pond and rose-garlanded cottages: did the perfect English village ever exist?
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John Lewis-Stempel: Why silence is goldenQuiet yourself and the distant hum of Nature’s parts connecting and working will soon come into focus.
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'A robin redbreast in a cage puts all Heaven in a rage': Why this charming little bird is the nation's favouriteWe’re more emotionally connected to the robin than any other bird, says Mark Cocker, as he considers why we feel so much affection for this sweet-songed, yet feisty Christmas-card favourite.
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‘Look out! Look out! Jack Frost is about!’Variously described as ‘wearing a cloak of silver’ and looking like ‘a hoary old man’, Jack Frost has attracted many artistic depictions over the centuries — some more positive than others.
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Athena: It shouldn't take a blazing fire for us to see the value in our places of worshipIf major catastrophes have any advantages, it is that, by shocking us, they can focus attention and resources.
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11 things to look out for on a Nature walk in winterWinter is a season that few could genuinely love, yet as the leaves and flowers abandon us, the structure of the countryside is starkly revealed. John Wright takes the time to revel in form over flamboyance.
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Dawn Chorus: Symbiosis in actionA wonderful picture from Richmond Park and a look inside Country Life's biggest issue of the year.
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'Fractals are everywhere, even within the human body: our nervous system, blood vessels and the structure of our brain and lungs'What do spiders’ webs, snowflakes and snail shells have in common? They all contain fractals: Nature’s exquisite, endlessly repeating mathematical pattern.
