Butterflies are beautiful but we need to love their larvae too
The numbers of monarch butterflies are at a record low and a large part of this is because of the…
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How bad weather brings out the best in us
Sometimes, when the wind hits hard and icicles form on the sea cliffs, we can all come together – and…
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Squashed by two fat ladies, Churchill’s choice of oak and “Crinks” the lost Liberal
Notes by the former Gardeners’ Question Time chairman Stefan Buczacki.
ByDon’t let the faux greens sell off our environment
People like Chris Huhne are willing to talk the talk while in office, but they will usually capitulate to business…
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There are two competing theories.
ByIn search of feral apples and underground men
My village, just outside Barnsley on the A635, used to supply the workers for lots of coal mines: Darfield Main,…
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An unexpectedly vital part of the ecology
The disappearance of frogs and toads contributes to the appalling modern phenomenon that conservationists are now encountering everywhere: “trophic cascade”.
ByFinding a blood-filled mosquito doesn’t mean we can recreate Jurassic Park
Scientists have discovered a preserved mosquito like the one from that dinosaur film for the first time, but alas, dino-cloning…
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