Plant dispersal diversity
After days of anticipation a fresh breeze rises through a sunny field. Tiny fluffy parachutes rise, and there's a wave of excitement as...
Many a mallard
Whilst being ferociously quacked at by eccentric mallard ducks on a river walk I realised that although we see these birds regularly many...
Funky fungi facts
Fungi are certainly funky, but have you ever wondered what they are? We’ve probably all heard about the group of fungi called mushrooms,...
Making sense of our number of senses
I've gone slightly off topic with this post, exploring our own senses. See what you think. We often encounter the idea that human beings...
Small hibernators – winter survival
As the cold, dark weather draws in and the rain patters at the window many of us probably wish we could hibernate. Instead, all we can do...
The double life of a bryophyte
The most primitive group of land plants on earth are bryophytes, which have incredibly been on this planet for 400 million years or more....