Being so hard to spot is something of a problem for the scientists trying to keep track of their numbers, and that in turn is ...

Along the way, we found some nice examples of last year’s willow roses. A midge lays its eggs in the tip of a shoot, the ...

A peatland destroyed by a fire could take years to return to ecological health, a conservation group warns.

The pink and dwarf sundews, found in Big Thicket, have captivated naturalists for centuries—and insects cannot resist their ...

Norfolk’s most widespread and commonly encountered species is the bee orchid. They can ‘suddenly’ appear in garden lawns or ...

Have you ever wondered what those white pellets were in your potting soil? Well, it's more important than you may know.

In fact, prior to the politeness of the 19th century, orchids were known in Norfolk as bollockworts. Despite the origin of their name, few other plants have the glamour and allure of the orchid family ...

When summer rolls around, this decreasingly young man’s fancy inevitably turns to bugs. This mainly means butterflies here in mid-July, followed by the many ticks crawling up my legs after a day in ...

Pressures, including land-use change, pollution, agricultural expansion, invasive species, and the impacts of climate change- ...

Far from being ‘unspoiled’, the landscape has been seriously degraded over many decades by a combination of sheep grazing, ...

Some of Georgia’s most biologically rich havens for native wildflowers and other plants are where you might least expect them — on roadsides and in rain-filled ditches along the roads.

The indigo blue lupine were gently swaying in the light morning breeze as we hiked up alongside the Crest Express lift at Brighton. It was one of those weekend days you long for with azure blue skies, ...