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 ...

Each Sunday through November 18, public television’s Masterpiece is airing the third season of The Durrells in Corfu, which is loosely based on Englishman Gerald Durrell’s memoirs of his childhood ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Concerns have been raised about how Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in Jersey is run. A group, including former employees and current members of the trust, said it intended to call for an ...

Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust has announced it will be hosting a royal celebration to honour the legacy of its founder. This year marks what would have been Gerald Durrell's 100th birthday, with ...

Pink pigeons raised in Jersey have been released back into the wild to help improve the population's genetic health, Jersey ...

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 ...

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 ...