Elusive mammals – otters
RECENTLY, a British newspaper published an article entitled, ‘Elation over otter spotted in city river’. Such a rare occurrence at…
Browsing: Nature Matters
The Anthropause in the age of the Anthropocene
LET us hope and pray that this New Year brings us all better health and happiness than we received in…
‘The goose is getting fat’
CHRISTMASTIDE will not be the same this year in so many households around the world because of the Covid-19 pandemic.…
The world’s awash with plastic garbage
AN unscrupulous British exporter dumped whole container loads of household rubbish in Malaysia but fortunately it was seized and re-exported…
Cloud cuckoo in the skies
HOW often have we seen jet contrails in the sky during this Covid-19 pandemic? Airports are working at minimum capacity…
Much maligned macaques
MACAQUES are monkeys and not apes. My dealings with them have been confined to the Southeast Asian countries of Cambodia,…
‘Rus in urbe’
THE countryside in the town concept helped us in urban areas to focus our vision and sense of well-being during…
‘Rus in urbe’
THE countryside in the town concept helped us in urban areas to focus our vision and sense of well-being during…