The Durrells is a British comedy-drama series that tells the story of a single mother Louisa Durrell, who raises her four children after her husband’s death. The series is based on Gerald Durrell’s ...

Tuesday 7th January 2025, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of its founder, the world-renowned author and naturalist Gerald Durrell. To mark the ...

The second in an occasional series about the books that spurred our love of travel. On every trip that involves wildlife, I have a secret urge to pocket the animals and take them home. I know this is ...

The conservationist Gerald Durrell’s first dog, Simon, was a coward. To the honey-coloured cocker spaniel, a garden hose was as deadly as a spitting cobra, and he once went into a nervous decline ...

A new type of beetle has been named in tribute to Gerald Durrell, the author and naturalist who founded Jersey Zoo. The species was christened Macratria durrelli by Natural History Museum insect ...

MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS (273 pp.)—Gerald Durrell—Viking ($3.95). THE TOWERS OF TREBIZOND (277 pp.)—Rose Macaulay—Farrar, Straus & Cudahy ($3.75). When an irresistible force called a tourist meets ...

TV might not be done with the Durrell family. The final episode of The Durrells in Corfu aired on PBS in the fall of 2019. But showrunner Sally Woodward Gentle has hinted that she’d be interested in ...

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