Mr Durrell founded Jersey Zoo in 1959 with an aim to save species from extinction Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust has celebrated its late founder's 100th birthday. It has begun marking author and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After 36-year-old Durrell Palmer, was fatally shot Monday morning over an online altercation, some community members are taking ...

THE last time I saw Lawrence Durrell in Paris he was on his way to London, where he was to pick up one of his daughters for the Christinas holidays. He had, as ever, that faintly wind-blown air of a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Lawrence Durrell—one of the greatest British writers and philhellenes of the 20th century—achieved spectacular success with “The Alexandria Quartet,” the first volume of which appeared in 1957. But ...

Gerald, OBE, was born January 7, 1925, and was a British naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter. He passed away aged 70 on January 30, 1995, after contracting ...

The beloved conservationist, who died in 1995, would have turned 100 today. A new collection, Myself and Other Animals, traces the origins of his lifelong rapture with animals As a toddler, Gerald ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

I tell you love sister it’s just a kiss away. – Jagger & Richards Nothing but the act of physical love tells us the truth about one another. – Lawrence Durrell Lawrence Durrell, like Jagger and ...

THE Durrells is on TV tonight bringing with it hilarious stories about the adorable family. But who were the real-life Durrells that inspired this wonderful show? We have the lowdown… Gerald, OBE, was ...