A museum scientist has paid homage to the renowned British naturalist and author Gerald Durrell, whose stories inspired him ...

The new species of beetle, named Macratria durrelli, is found in Madagascar, a country closely linked to Gerald’s ...

Specimens of rare species collected by the celebrated naturalist Gerald Durrell have been donated to National Museums ...

Tuesday 7th January 2025, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of its founder, the world-renowned author and naturalist Gerald Durrell. To mark the ...

Durrell did establish a zoo on the island of Jersey, and he brought his mother to live in the manor, on the grounds of which he established his zoo. In fact, one of the most charming stories relates ...

It's hard for a wife to resist visiting her husband's birthplace, especially when he is a legend. Gerald Durrell, whose humorous accounts of his wild encounters in books like My Family and Other ...

Julia P G Jones receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust for some collaborative research involving Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in Madagascar. Speak to someone working in conservation, almost ...

A long, long time ago, in an age before literature festivals, I met a man who wrote books. I was just a wide-eyed schoolboy in Kolkata and I don’t recall anything the portly pink-faced man with ...

The Princess Royal, 73, is known as the UK's most hard-working royal for good reason; she is involved with more than 300 charities, organisations and military regiments. One of these is the Whitley ...

The conservationist Gerald Durrell’s first dog, Simon, was a coward. To the honey-coloured cocker spaniel, a garden hose was as deadly as a spitting cobra, and he once went into a nervous decline ...

A NEW species of beetle has been named in honour of Gerald Durrell by a scientist who was inspired by his conservation work as a child. Dmitry Telnov, now an expert in beetles after being inspired by ...

In his introduction to The Ark's Anniversary, Gerald Durrell writes, "I do not think it possible for many people at the age of six to be able to predict their future with any accuracy. However, at ...