Albrecht Dürer’s genius for self-promotion
Albrecht Dürer was an undoubted genius – and no one was more conscious of it than the artist himself, says Philip Hoare
A Blakean heaven or hell: fish with coloured lanterns and teeth like primeval beasts
On 11 June 1930, William Beebe and Otis Barton descended into the Caribbean depths to glimpse a world no man had seen before
We should learn to love sharks, not demonise them
Sharks may inspire fear and loathing, but we are the crueller predators, says Philip Hoare
Will all whales soon be extinct?
Nick Pyenson, curator of fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, is quick to tell us he’s not…
Today’s pirate gold is the Patagonian toothfish
Sea Shepherd is a radical protest group made famous — or notorious — by the American cable TV series Whale…
