Author Daisy Bowie-Sell
Daisy Bowie-Sell

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
Close-up photo of The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is a crocodilian native to saltwater habitats, brackish wetlands and freshwater rivers. Concept for World Animal Day

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
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Elevated view across the Khasi hills Meghalaya, India.

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
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Isolated tree root bridge natural formed single decker at day from flat angle

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
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Ants biting and dragging Spider to nest

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
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Amazon rainforest

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.
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New Zealand's bioluminiscent glow worms arachnocampa luminosa

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.
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Mountain peak is covered with white snow in Antarctica

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...
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A kingfisher fishing underwater with a fish

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
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Picathartes: ancient birds that live in the forest in Congo

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
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Blue wildebeest drinking at the river on the great migration

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
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King vulture - bird of prey

"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
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Alpine longhorn beetle sitting on branch in spring

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
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A gray wolf from an alpha pack

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
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