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Category: Natural history

Listening to nature, Natural history

Four weeks of solitude

Once you cut yourself off from media and start living as a recluse interesting things happen. Continue reading Four weeks of solitude

Victor Postnikov9 February 202211 January 2023
Enchantment, Natural history, Sacred places

Smiles and scowles: Puzzles in the Forest

Near the southern end of the modern border between Wales and England – on the side of the latter – the sea-seeking River Wye and the Severn Estuary provide the aquatic outline for a curious wedge of land. Continue reading Smiles and scowles: Puzzles in the Forest

Joe Gray27 July 20211 January 2023
Natural history

The ethics of mothing

One night years ago, in a park in Florida, I met a wonderful couple, Carol Wolf and her husband, Herb. They introduced me to the joys of mothing, the practice of attracting moths to suspended sheets with ultraviolet lights at night, and photographing them. This can get quite exciting, especially when a new, or unusually beautiful, species turns up. Continue reading The ethics of mothing

Ian Whyte27 August 202010 February 2022
Human-nature dualism, Local nature, Mass extinction, Natural history

The zebras of Kidderminster

In a grand revival of natural history lies a significant proportion of the work that needs to be done if humanity is to awaken to the appalling crisis of life’s erasure. Continue reading The zebras of Kidderminster

Joe Gray10 August 202010 February 2022

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