A science teacher who leads a hermetic lifestyle in the Scottish Highlands reveals his plans to open a forest caravan park 20ft off the ground in the trees in tonight’s New Lives In the Wild. Jake Williams, 70, lives in an isolated plot of land in a forest in the Eastern Highlands of Scotland which … Read more
The World’s loneliest woman will be able to stay in her Siberian home located hundreds of miles from civilisation after a billionaire tycoon stepped in to help. Russian aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska has stepped in to help Agafya Lykova, 76, sole survivor of a family that in 1936 fled into the forest – where she … Read more
A glamorous social media influencer has sparked outrage by chartering a helicopter to visit a hermit who has lived outside civilisation in Siberia all her life – putting her at risk of coronavirus or another modern infection. Agafya Lykova, 76, lives as if she was an 18th-Century peasant in the Siberian wilderness, in Russia, 150 … Read more
A hermit revealed he still wanted to live and build his cabin in the woods in spite of having reached his seventies. Robert Runyon, of East Arkansas, deeply impressed Ben Fogle with his craftsmanship and optimism two years ago when the adventurer and presenter had visited him in the woodlands, where he’s been living since … Read more
The Incredible Hulk: Race is on to create a ‘forever home’ for a hefty hermit crab called ‘Hulk’ that keeps outgrowing his shell Hulk the Hermit crab has yet to find his ideal shell as he grows rapidly The gregarious crustacean either abandons his shells or vandalises them He got his name after repeated shells were broken … Read more