It’s that time of year again for me and many others who suffer from hay fever. Spring is in the air, literally. Trees are flowering, grasses are growing and pollen …
Climate extremes are worse at the edge. A one metre rise in sea level can still affect you if you live five metres above the water. Global warming is a …
From conspiracies surrounding the origin of COVID19 to the latest sci-fi movies, our reluctance to recognise the awesome power of nature, confounds our inability accept the need to protect it. …
The environmental sensitivity of animals was revealed to me many years ago. I was once asked to find out the amount of sediment that could stop penguins from feeding underwater. …
Aboriginal people (from anywhere in the world) have an ability to convey complex ideas honestly and simply. In the case of Australia’s First Nations people, it’s because they’ve had 65,000 …
Vox magazine just published an article under the social media banner ‘biodiversity is a social construct: it’s more controversial than you think’. It doesn’t make sense to try to force …
Here is a list of powerful quotes about nature and wildlife that inspire me most. ‘Animals are part of every landscape, part of the symphony of interactions that create an …
A farmer in Australia was recently jailed for 14 days and fined $2,500 for killing 406 Wedge-tailed Eagles. In the absence of dingoes, they are the country’s top predator. It …
The Voyageurs Wolf Project was set up to understand the ecology of resident wolf packs in northern Minnesota. Using state of the art technology and intensive field-effort, their work has …
A reader sent through this important question that I answered by email but wanted to repeat here. Kim F (thank you) asked, how can the planet’s energy be so dangerous? …