Animals

My week as a Krøyer’s deep-sea anglerfish

Each week Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom

Worries about winter diminish by the day: my week as a jay

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

My week as a honey badger

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

The baby terror of the savannah: my week as a gregarious antlion

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

Today James Herriot’s surgery would be part of a mega chain

The return of the TV series fuels nostalgia for a bucolic professional idyll before private equity took hold

Call off the dogs – my week as a pheasant

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

‘I had offspring long before I had sex’

Each week Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom

Family, food and sex: my week as a lion

Each week Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom

My week as an Eleonora’s falcon

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

Can UK farming survive rising costs, climate crisis and a new tax?

Britain’s farming families fear for their livelihoods and food security – but they want to be part of the solution

World divided as plastics push elephants closer to extinction

A UN treaty to ban single-use products is facing resistance from nations including the US, India and Russia

‘We don’t need no sivilizing’: my week as an American alligator

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

My week as a crane

After a 500-year absence, we're dancing our way back into Britain

My week as a false cleanerfish

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the past seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

My week as a hyacinth macaw

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days have been like for a member of the animal kingdom

My week as a paradise tree snake

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom

I dig therefore I am: my week as a badger

Each week, Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom

My week as a tarantula hawk

Each week Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom