STUCK IN THE MIDDLE

SEA SLATER - Meet the giant woodlouse that can only survive in the damp zone between land and sea

Aim of the game

Adult craneflies appear in September with the purpose to mate

Speedy fish

After disappearing in the 1960s, turbocharged bluefin tuna are back

Lost & Found

COMMON SWIFTS ARE A FAMILIAR FIXTURE of our summer skies, but there are a number of rarer species in this bird family that visit as occasional vagrants from afar.

Iceland suspends fin whale hunting

The groundbreaking decision lasts until late August and could spell the end of whaling in the country

Katty Baird

National Museums Scotland volunteer and author of Meetings with Moths on documenting British Lepidoptera

Nothing scary to see here

House spiders start to appear indoors in search of warmth and a mate

Scarlet fever

Black bryony is an unmissable hedgerow highlight

Shifting sands

When the sun sets, a baby turtle's life has only just begun

HOPE SPRINGS

Manatee habitat was threatened in Florida but is being restored, one blade of grass at a time

THE POWER OF PONDS

Our farmland ponds have vanished, but new initiatives are bringing back these biodiversity powerhouses

PLASTIC PERIL

Intimate photos of flesh-footed shearwaters reveal fascinating behaviour - and research into a growing threat

SAIL AWAY

The drifting siphonophore with a killer reputation that paralyses its prey

Underwater orchestra

Tune in to the lesser water boatman performing an extraordinary chorus

Kangaroos haven't always hopped

Hopping as a method of high-speed endurance wasn't used by all large kangaroos

Throwing shade

Jungles of bracken provide a refuge for roe deer

Can No Mow May cause more harm than good?

FORGIVE ME, BUT I'M REALLY SURPRISED that your wildlife magazine continues to encourage people to partake in Plantlife's No Mow May campaign each year due to the harm it can cause.

Flight fantastic

Summer is the time to see insects on the wing. But how do these diverse and myriad creatures take flight?

YOU WON'T SEE ME - GIANT WATER FLEA

The amost invisible invertebrate that swims undetected until it attacks with six bristling limbs

Lost & Found

Grey-headed lapwing, Northumberland

MEET THE SCIENTIST - Yuliana Bedolla

Marine biologist and 2023 Whitley Award winner on protecting rare seabird nest sites

"I created a dive team to collect marine data"

Neeve O'Flynn-Mundin is surveying sharks and coastal habitats around the Isle of Wight

FEMALE OF THE SPECIES ECLECTUS PARROT

Lucy Cooke on the flamboyance of the female eclectus parrot

Limbless wonder

A secretive snake that performs cartwheels to escape from danger

Captive-bred wildcats to be released in Scotland

Saving Wildcats conservation project reaches an important milestone this summer

Oceanic plastic rubbish hosts marine life

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the unlikely home for a range of normally coastal-dwelling species

LIVING WITH PREDATORS

In an ever-crowded world, conserving predators means valuing the people that live and can die - alongside them

BACK TO NATURE

In Argentina's Iberá Wetlands, a showcase initiative is returning several keystone species and restoring this wondrous ecosystem

DISCO INFERNO GREEN-BANDED BROODSAC

The parasitic flatworm that turns a snail’s eyestalks into colourful, pulsating glowsticks

FREE FALLIN' HUNTING PEREGRINES

Spot the ultimate urban predator stooping to catch prey this summer