I almost missed it, but New Zealand lost another endemic species recently. Now I’ve written before about how careless this country is with species,...

Great wildlife preserves, reserves and parks exist for a number of reasons. In some cases someone was blown away by the scenery and thought...

The serpent-eagles of the genus Spilornis are an Asian group, not to be confused with two different genera found in Africa or, for that...

A couple of years ago Adam posted a story on this site that so entranced me that when I went to South Africa a...

I’m beginning the process of looking to buy a first home, which as anyone my age or younger can tell you is a pretty...

The noddies form their own little subgroup within the terns, a small tropical group (how related they are to each other I am unsure)...

One of my favourite walks when I visit my parents in England is the walk out to Hilbre in the Dee Estuary. The island...

As I mentioned in passing last week, I’ve just passed nine years since I moved to the Land of the Long White Cloud, Aotearoa,...