Fergus Collins
Editor, BBC Countryfile Magazine
Editor of BBC Countryfile Magazine, Fergus lives in deepest Monmouthshire with his family, where his neighbours are farmers, buzzards and sheep. When not working on the magazine he wanders the hills, grows vegetables and plans adventures.
Recent articles by Fergus Collins
"It's often infected with a parasite, which can be transmitted to humans. Untreated, it can lead to heart failure, damage to the nervous system and death.."
This is one bug you don't want to be 'kissed' by
"Both are large, heavy, beefy animals with thick skin, pillar-like legs and enormous heads..."
Both are big, intimidating and dangerous at close quarters...
It's home to the largest concentration of crocodiles on the planet – 10 million of these ferocious reptiles to be precise. Swimming here is inadvisable...
In the flooded forests and winding rivers of South America’s vast wetlands the black caiman reigns as one of the most formidable predators alive today.
It's the size of Los Angeles and simply crawling with deadly alligators, black bears and highly venomous snakes
6 animals that can kill a hippo – "Weighing a mighty 4500kg the hippo is a huge, dangerous animal that only the boldest predator would dare approach"
We take a look at the animals brave enough to take on the world's third-largest land mammal
Do animals play pranks on each other?
Are we only animals on the planet that like to play a prank?
"There wasn't a curve in sight." Straight bananas found growing on remote Caribbean island
Is it the end of the bendy banana?
Can big cats interbreed with each other?
While lions, tigers and their relatives can sometimes interbreed, these rare hybrids reveal as much about the limits of nature as they do about its possibilities.
"It conjures horror images of wide-eyed insanity, foaming at the mouth and a prolonged excruciating death" All you need to know about rabies
Rabies is one of the most feared diseases in the world with good reason, but thankfully now vaccinations are available
Has anyone survived rabies?
Is rabies really 100% fatal?
Can sheep and goats cross-breed?
Sheep and goats may look similar, share pastures and even behave alike – but can they actually produce offspring together?
Mass culling of mountain hares banned in Scotland
The mass culling of mountain hares in Scotland has been banned under a new ruling by Scottish parliament which gives the species protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.
