Baboons who share personality traits stick together – humans shouldn’t be tempted to do the same
A new study into baboon behaviour teaches us quite a lot about ourselves.
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Why do we fight so hard to save the giant panda?
Given how reluctant pandas are to breed, it may seem misguided to fund their conservation. But there's a reason we…
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You loved the BBC’s “phantom ride” up a canal. So join me on a phantom walk . . . down an alley
Our licence fees pay – in part – for two hours of lackadaisical nostalgia and lazy nature-gawping.
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Once upon a time in the West Country: Richard Mabey on the changing patterns of wilderness
For a few days every year in the Fal Estuary, primoses flower underwater. But that's not the only spectacular sight…
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Don’t be afraid of the odd brown leaf or wonky vegetable – appearances can be deceptive, and in gardening they usually are
I certainly know the tone of horticultural anxiety when I hear it. One of my oldest friends – one who,…
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Watching with the weatherman: the self-taught meteorologist
“Dave the Weather” may seem comical - but many take his predictions seriously.
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From Werner Herzog to Pompeii: the difficulties of capturing volcanoes in film
It is strange that the full terror of the volcano has rarely been harnessed for narrative purposes – most films…
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Genes are not as important as you might think
Michael Brooks’s Science Column.
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