Have we reached Peak Zoo?
A visit to Land of the Lions shows how our relation to captive animals is changing.
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Spring, the season of opportunistic muddle
As the climate changes, we will mourn the clarity of the idealised spring, whose business in nature is to promote…
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The day the Devil found my secret garden
I loved the walled garden until one day a sign appeared, placed there by developers and warning me to keep…
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The barrister who became a badger: why did Charles Foster decide to live like an animal?
He ate earthworms as a badger, tore open binbags as an urban fox, and was hunted by a bloodhound as…
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Could chimpanzees have religion?
What we discovered was a repeated activity with no clear link to gaining food or status – it could be…
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Don’t give up the hunt for the Green Man
Our interactions with trees nourish our inner life, even at the darkest times.
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Escapee parakeets are taking over London and although I hate their cry it’s their brains I’m most afraid of
It is rather corvid, the ring-neck’s cry – suggestive of an intelligence more knowing than we expect from most birds.
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How to make the most of winter walking
A good winter walk can be found almost anywhere, and the rules are few – but worth observing.
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