Mark Cocker

On matters maritime

15 July 2017 9:00 am

The Greenland shark has to be one of the most fascinating creatures of which you’ve probably never heard. Growing sometimes…

The cacao tree in flower and fruit. Its only pollinators are flies — so without flies there would be no chocolate

Buzzing bees and chocolate trees

8 April 2017 9:00 am

It is estimated that the world’s insects perform an annual pollination service for all humankind worth $215 billion. In return,…

Lord of the Arctic

28 January 2017 9:00 am

According to the author of this beautifully illustrated, hugely engaging book, if we were ever to choose a fellow mammal…

Whalers defend themselves against polar bears (German school, 1870s)

Lord of the Arctic

26 January 2017 3:00 pm

According to the author of this beautifully illustrated, hugely engaging book, if we were ever to choose a fellow mammal…

Trees of life and death

12 August 2016 11:00 pm

Was it perhaps the landscape historian Oliver Rackham who gave rise to our present preoccupation with old trees through his…