
Daisy Bowie-Sell
Daisy is a journalist and writer with 20 years of experience working on titles including the Telegraph, Time Out London, WhatsOnStage, Gardens Illustrated, the Guardian and Ambit Magazine. Her passions are wildlife, gardens and the arts and loves it best when those things intersect.
Recent articles by Daisy Bowie-Sell

The world’s largest reptile is a deadly apex predator that’s 5 metres long and weighs half a tonne
The saltwater crocodile is a huge apex predator that you definitely wouldn't want to encounter

The world’s longest venomous snake and a creature that smells like popcorn – meet 9 animals living in the wettest place on Earth
This remarkable place has a remarkable amount of rainfall. And as a result, the forests around it are hugely biodiverse

It may look like a bridge, but this crossing isn’t made of brick or concrete – but it lasts for hundreds of years
Discover the incredible way humans use trees in this remote forest in India

9 brutal insect photos that show how these ruthless predators sting, swarm and devour their prey
These incredible images demonstrate the brutality of the creepy crawly and how they can overpower prey

A snake the weight of a grizzly bear and a giant centipede that hangs from cave ceilings – meet 11 of the Amazon's deadliest animals
From a huge carnivorous centipede to a tiny poisonous frog, here are some of the of the deadliest creatures in the Amazon.

This tiny carnivorous bug produces an astonishing natural spectacle in New Zealand and has an ingenious way of catching its prey
An incredible spectacle in New Zealand is the result of a tiny creature with a devious way of catching prey.

The world’s largest desert is enormous and there’s hardly any rain – but it’s not hot. Here’s why
The largest desert in the world isn't where you think it might be...

7 astonishing underwater kingfisher photos that show the beautiful bird is just as at home below the surface as above it
These remarkable photographs show how a kingfisher dives and the ingenious way it is adapted for underwater

Forget gender wars! These bizarre birds have had equality sorted for some 44 million years - watch them in action
These ground-loving birds mate for life and work together to protect their young

Watch agonising BBC footage of deadly crocodiles attacking animals oblivious to the danger not once, but twice... You will be yelling at the screen
Watch incredible BBC footage of wildebeests at the water's edge going back into crocodile-infested waters, narrated by David Attenborough

"It appears as one of the ugliest animals in the book The Ugly Five and doesn't look a million miles away from a turkey" – 12 weirdest birds of prey on the planet
They are fast and dangerous but these birds of prey are also supremely weird. Here's 12 of the oddest hunters of the sky

Can beetles really be beautiful? Oh yes... Meet 12 incredible-looking beetles that will make you rethink what a creepy crawly looks like
Discover some of the world's most amazing-looking beetles, from the giraffe beetle to the tortoise beetle

Watch hilarious BBC footage of what happens when Dad Wolf disapproves of his daughter's choice but she only has eyes for the ‘bad boy’...
While alpha wolves discourage their offspring to mate, sometimes kids just won't listen. Watch what happens when a daughter wolf sneaks off
