Will birds of a feather flock together?
THE answer to this question is a resounding ‘Yes!’ but sadly in much smaller numbers owing to the outbreak of…
Browsing: Nature Matters
WWF-ZSL Living Planet Report – Building a nature-positive society
JUST spend a few moments pondering over the following: Wildlife numbers worldwide have fallen by 69 per cent on average…
Turtles and tortoises: Two whopping wonders of our world
AS children, my sister and I owned a dog, two rabbits, a guinea pig, a flock of homing pigeons, two…
The much-maligned badger
WHILST a much-maligned mammal, a badger is no danger to humans unless cornered. For many a year, in the UK,…
A prolonged La Nina episode
CURRENTLY, we are in a La Nina episode, which meteorologists originally predicted would last month or this month. Recent research…
Upcycling! What is this?
WHEN, in 1876, Henry Wickham smuggled thousands of Amazonian rubber tree seeds (Hevea brasiliensis) to Kew Gardens, in the UK,…
Dugongs – the secret mammals of the shallows
DUGONGS are one of four species of the order Sirenia; the others are manatees of which there are three varieties,…
Back to nature – fieldwork in Biology and Geography
RECENTLY, while reading David Attenborough’s magnificent book, ‘Life on Air – The Memoirs of a Broadcaster’, memories flooded back to…