In reflection: emo robins and a socially distanced nature walk
When I was little, there were three things that I loved: the first was reading, the second was writing, and the third was nature. The first hobby is currently intermittent…
This Week in History: the establishment of Yosemite National Part on 1 October 1890
A year ago the world was gripped by the nerve-racking rock-climbing film Free Solo (filmed on El Capitan in Yosemite). Another popular climbing film, Dawn Wall drew our attention to…
Conservation divers touching marine life isn’t controversial, it’s just wrong
Photos and videos have gone viral of a group of divers swimming alongside and even touching, a huge great white shark off the south shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Ocean Ramsey,…
Scientists search for solutions to toxin build-up in sharks
If animal cruelty isn’t enough of a reason not to eat sharks, then I think this might do the trick. Sharks, as their appearance suggests, are apex predators: they eat…
Prof. Murray Roberts talks on the deep seas
When was the last time you thought about the deep sea, that mysterious place we know less about than the surface of the moon? Despite being surrounded by it on…
Interview with wildlife veterinarian, Robert Aruho, about giraffe conservation
Robert Aruho is an online MSc student in International Animal Health and a wildlife veterinarian for the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) in Kampala. He has been working for three years…
Scientists discover that there are four species of giraffe, rather than just one
It has been recently discovered that there are four different species of giraffe. This comes as a surprise to scientists, as it has been long thought that there was just…