This remarkable creature shows nature’s fantastic complexity!

Another member of the echinoderm phylum, feather stars share some characteristics with true starfish, but also have their very own intriguing adaptations and behaviours, which make them a…

The last thing you’d expect this extraordinary creature to be is a fish!

This purply-brown seaweed is a common feature on our rocky shores and on our dinner plates.

Britain's largest 'diving beetle' is an impressive creature, though it's not easy to find.

This strange furry creature often found washed ashore after storms is actually a kind of worm!

This colonial creature looks like an old-fashioned quill - that's where the name sea pen comes from.

Sand sedge is an important feature of our coastal sand dunes, helping to stabilise the dunes, which allows them to grow up and become colonised by other species.

The song of the skylark has been the subject of many great musical and literary works. A quintessential feature of our farmland and grasslands habitats, it is declining rapidly with habitat loss…

The eerie, 'cur-lee' call of the curlew is a recognisable sound of wet grasslands, moorlands, farmland and coasts. Its long, downcurved bill is an unmistakeable feature and perfect for…

The common harvestman is familiar to us as the large, spindly spider-like creature that frequents gardens and houses. It predates on smaller invertebrates which it catches using hooks on the ends…