Sheena Harvey

Recent articles by Sheena Harvey

A tick

Insects & Invertebrates

Ticks guide: where they live, the diseases they carry – and how to avoid being bitten

Dugong, Marsa Alam, Egypt. © Sven Gruse/EyeEm/Getty

Dugong guide: what they are, what they eat – and how long they live for

Red squirrel on Brownsea Island. © Chris Lacey/National Trust

2018 was a roller-coaster year for UK wildlife

Morigenos dolphins. © Ana Hace

Dolphins choose their besties just like we do

Pond at Lodge Hill site, Medway, Kent. © Jodie Randall/RSPB

Kent nightingale habitat gets a welcome reprieve

The Silver Y moth doesn't normally choose a football pitch as its ideal habitat.

Euro 2016 final – why did moths invade the pitch?

Patient sea watchers on the Mull of Gallowa/Credit: Ecoventures/ Sea Watch Foundation

Record-breaking results in UK’s National Whale and Dolphin Watch

Tyrannosaurus rex's speed was compromised by its weight. © estt/iStock

Could you have outrun tyrannosaurus rex? Yes, say researchers

An artist's impression of 'Dracoraptor hanigani', the 200-million-year-old dinosaur found on a beach in Wales. © Nicholls 2015

New Welsh dinosaur gets a name and goes on display with its foot

Adélie penguins at Palmer Station are in decline, but is it as a result of competition for food with gentoos? © flammulated/iStock

Robots reveal how rival penguins can live side by side

In the breeding season little auks can be found in Greenland and Iceland, but it is very unusual to see them in Scotland at any time. © Paula Jones/iStock

Storms blow exhausted little auks far from home

Jasper, one of the moon bears rescued from a bear bile farm, now thriving in his sanctuary environment in Chengdu, China. © Animals Asia

Downton Abbey’s Mrs Patmore leads the cast in saving moon bears

African lions will be given better protection as a result of the US decision.

US authorities make landmark decision on lion trophies

The confiscated tiger skin wallets and other products © WCS Indonesia

Shocking trade in tiger skins revealed by arrests

The lions of the Masai Mara's Marsh pride became well known to British viewers thanks to the BBC TV documentary series. © Born Free Foundation

Herdsmen accused of killing lions in Kenya’s Maasai Mara