Does David Attenborough’s Dynasties dumb down animal politics?
Animal stories are at their best when they reveal our shared emotional experience, but they must also touch on the…
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Watching the mudskipper, with its periscope eyes, is like looking back to when life first emerged from the water
These strangely beguiling amphibious fish are fascinating for reasons that are hard to spell out.
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I was in a bad mood until I watched a man do a falsetto voice to impersonate a Neanderthal
One miserable writer’s desperate search for joy.
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Now Scotland is outraged about a trophy hunter shooting goats, let’s talk about grouse
Up to a fifth of Scotland is managed for grouse shooting, an equally perverse form of trophy hunting with far…
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Winter is coming, and stubborn little field mice are beginning to take up residence in my house, as if it were a pied-à-terre in Benidorm
Every year, at around this time, a few of my closest neighbours come to my house and take up residence. A…
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The best veg boxes: from wonky carrots to local organics
Seasonal, local and pesticide free: how the NS office was converted to fruit and vegetables.
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The cry of a mysterious crepuscular bird by a Singapore rain tree reminds me of the joy of staying put
The call is plaintive, at times, sometimes rising in excitement, persistent enough to be an integral part of the twilight hours.
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In the eye of a super-storm
In 2006, I found myself in the eye of a category 4 super typhoon. It was far more terrible than…
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