creatures

Two penetrating glimpses into the wild world in times of calamity: Rob Carney's juxtaposition of the poetic and the political observing a hawk and squirrel in the US; Samantha Clark's lockdown contemplation of loss and stillness by a loch on a grey day on Orkney.

As catastrophic fires continue to rage through West coast in the US and the wetlands of Brazil, a lament for the burning of wild lives of the forests in Washington and Australia.

Today from our Under the Canopy section, conservationist and writer Suprabha Seshan takes us into the 'zillion-beinged' forest of the Western Ghats. With paintings by Meena Subramaniam

The latest in our The Vanishing series, Kim Schnuelle tells the tale of three rhinoceros encounters and reflects on the true meaning of 'extinction'

Today in 'The Vanishing', Vinit Agarwal merges fiction with reality as he recounts a childhood tale set within the Koel Karo anti-dam protest site in Jharkhand, India.

Today in 'The Vanishing', Kim Schnuelle writes about the loss of the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) and subsequent scientific attempts to restore its existence. With images from Kate Tume and Feral Theatre.

Our new section 'The Vanishing' continues with Rosamund Portus on artistic responses to the disappearance of bees.

She’s out of here, she announced to the chattering table. Everyone just carried on talking....

'The Vanishing' series continues with Wild Lens Collective filmmaker Sean Bogle on the critically endangered vaquita in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico.

An extract from Helen Jukes' new book about her journey to becoming an urban beekeeper.