CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

A beautiful sunlit glade in the Gaunless Valley in County Durham, on an idyllic late summer afternoon ...... and there's a sickly stench...

By this time of year many trees are showing signs of fungal attack. This strange growth on a developing alder cone is caused by a gall-formi...

Today's Guardian Country Diary is an account of a visit to Hawthorn Hive on the Durham Coast, just south of Seaham. As soon as you star...