All living things depend on Mother Earth for everything from food and water to shelter and so much more. Without the proper resources, the quality of life for humans and other living things...
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Birds of prey. A natural, awe-inspiring part of our world, prominent and important in many habitats, bio indicators for ecosystem health and huge moneymakers when it comes to tourism. They are beautiful, majestic...
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The news often shows us images of areas devastated by wildfires. We see steaming forests and shells of homes, of course, but we rarely see how animals fare in the face of ecosystem...
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In Philadelphia, inside the city limits but outside the downtown area, you start to see a few trees. As soon as those trees become a part of the neighborhood, you may notice that...
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[photographic credit: Edward Badley, Flickr] In 2014 the United Nations stated that by 2050, 66% of the world’s population is projected to be Urbanised. Cities are considered vital for development, and...
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Late discovery. The Willow Tit and the much more abundant Marsh tit are incredibly difficult to tell apart, even by professional birders. They are so similar, in fact, that they were once mistakenly...
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Camping is a great way to appreciate the natural world. There’s nothing quite like waking up to the sounds of birds and wind through the trees, rather than the whirring of cars and...
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Discussions regarding the impact of predators – particularly Cormorants and Goosanders – upon fish stocks are not uncommon in my family. This is due to one particular family members prevailing interest in angling,...
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I am late to the party on this one I am afraid, and there are already many excellent articles out there regarding the rollout of the Natural England sanctioned Hen Harrier Brood Management...
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Unwelcome guests. In Theatrum Botanicum, published in 1629 by John Parkinson, the author lists two recipes for Wild Arum (otherwise known as Lords and Ladies), suggesting that small pieces of the root can...
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