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 cost an enormous $30 billion, slowed Earth's rotation and even changed the planet's rotational axis – AND it unleashed an ecological disaster
Deep-sea robot discovers mysterious golden orb 3,200m deep in the ocean – and scientists were stunned by what it really was
Here's why NOAA were so baffled by their discovery
The seals that shouldn't exist: How did 100,000 end up trapped in the middle of Siberia, a whopping 2,000 miles from the ocean?
How on Earth did the Baikal seal reach a lake in the middle of Russia?
This is a landscape where rivers disappear for decades, only to return without warning, and hippos fight lions
The Savuti Channel mysteriously appears and disappears without any pattern.
It's 67km long, flows in two directions at once, defies the laws of nature – and nobody knows exactly where it begins
It has been said that the Echimamish River in Canada does exactly that—flowing both downstream and upstream.
A volcanic eruption off the coast of Japan unearthed something shocking. And then, it vanished...
The Fukutoku-Okanoba submarine volcano is capable of creating new islands, though they are usually temporary
A mysterious grey blob – the size of France – floating on the ocean's surface led scientists to make several exciting discoveries
Trillions of pieces of pumice formed what is known as the Havre Pumice Raft
It's the same size as Houston and just teeming with deadly American alligators and highly venomous snakes
The Okefenokee Swamp is thriving with plants and wildlife
An American town woke up one day and mysteriously found itself on the opposite side of the Mississippi River to where it had been. We now know why...
Rivers can change direction, leaving behind abandoned channels
It’s almost as big as Manhattan, contains trees more than 1,300 years old and is visible from space. Now it hides a ticking time bomb
The logjams in the delta of Canada's Mackenzie River are vital for wildlife and the environment
It stretched a humongous 250km and blocked a mighty American river for 900 years. Then humans destroyed it, unleashing a disaster
The Great Raft fully lived up to its name; its legacy persists today, despite its removal in the 1870s
Half the size of the Serengeti, infinite sky… Discover the Road to Heaven across a pearly white mirror
Known as the white desert, It looks like an endless field of snow and home to one of the world's rarest mammals
"A catastrophic torrent of immensely powerful water raced at 30-40 miles an hour, carrying basalt boulders and sediment"
Utah’s extraordinary landscape bears the scars of a catastrophic prehistoric flood that reshaped the region in just a matter of weeks.
8,400 years ago, a lake bigger than France suddenly disappeared. What happened next changed Earth forever
The story of Lake Agassiz reveals how quickly a changing climate can reshape landscapes, ecosystems and human civilisation
It's over 75 million years old and like something out of a fantasy video game with outlandish giant mushrooms, fairy chimneys and an alien throne.
Here's why the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness has bizarre sandstone formations
It's bigger than France, Germany and Spain combined, is home to rainforests, savannahs, swamps and some of the world’s deadliest, strangest wildlife
It can seem eerily still in the forests of the Congo River in West Africa – and yet a diverse array of species inhabits this vast and mysterious land.
At 130km across, it's the world’s largest natural mirror – but this otherworldly landscape is stranger than it looks, and has starred in Star Wars
Salar de Uyuni is an enormous desert of white salt in Bolivia. Here's everything you need to know...
It can swallow 5 Empire State Buildings, is as long as Portugal – and is home to a deadly but rare big cat
The Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon and its river are a sight to see. Here's why...
It's a tiny island, just 3 football pitches in size, filled with thousands of deadly venomous cobras and just 100 humans… This is what happens…
This tiny island in Uganda is home to deadly forest cobras, and local fisherman have strange beliefs to keep them friendly
Can leopards and cheetahs interbreed? Could cheetapards be a thing?
Tigers and lions have been known to interbreed, so why haven't cheetahs and leopards?
Is rewilding really to blame for the recent wildfires?
As wildfires rage across the world, a fierce debate has erupted over whether rewilding is making landscapes more vulnerable to fire – or could actually help protect them. But what does the evidence really tell us?
"Symptoms rapidly worsen, including nausea, vomiting and stomach pain, and can lead to death." 9 most dangerous, deadliest tick diseases for humans
Like human hitchhikers, ticks need to find the best place to get a lift. But if you pick up a tick, it could drink your blood and pass on a very unpleasant disease.
Climate scientist whose work shaped modern climate science says US government report got his research 'completely wrong'
An American climate scientist has strongly criticised a US Department of Energy (DOE) report on the impacts of climate change in the US.
"Without warning and impossible to see with the naked eye, the prey vanishes..." 3 fastest bites in the animal kingdom
Some animals are so quick, zoologists have only been able to examine the physics of their 'bite' in recent years with the invention of super-slow-motion filming techniques. Here are some contenders for the fastest animal bites on Earth...
