Spring is a brilliant time of year, when the flowers start blooming and the lambs start skipping across the fields! We can do our bit to support wildlife at this time of year too, so here are some ways to give nature…

Purchasing Your Binoculars When purchasing binoculars, you are choosing something that will, if chosen carefully, work for decades. A poorly chosen cheaper pair will often frustrate you and waste money. It’s worth considering what you want and the advantages of spending a…

What does the phrase ‘green finance’ mean to you, if anything? A colleague made this for the finance team recently (I think he takes orders, if you’re interested), so perhaps this is his interpretation of ‘green finance’? There are three of us…

Spending 4 weeks as a research assistant in Krka, Croatia surpassed my expectations. Within just a few days I formed strong connections with fellow research assistants and staff – relationships that enriched both my learning and overall experience.     My first…

Deforestation is when forests and woodlands are purposefully cleared, usually resulting in permanent change to the habitat and land-use of the area. The main driver is usually space for farming and agriculture, though others include logging, mining, settlements and wildfires. Deforestation impacts…

Having never spent such a long-time this far from home, I really didn’t know what to expect from my trip to Honduras. I am now coming up to the end of my 6 week stay in Cusuco National Park and every single…

Earth is often referred to as ‘the water planet’ which is understandable from satellite images taken from space where the blue water looks vastly larger than land. Of Earth’s water more than 99% of it is inaccessible for consumption by humans and…

What is Entomology?  In short, entomology is the study of insects. Insects are part of phylum arthropoda, which translates to “joined legs”, and they have been pretty great at colonising the earth and evolving to fill just about every ecological niche you…

What an incredible experience! On a bit of a whim, my friend and I booked an expedition with Operation Wallacea to South Africa for two weeks. My only regret? That I didn’t book for longer! I had the most fantastic time, with…

Oceans cover over 70% of our planet, teeming with life from microscopic plankton to some of the largest Cetacea ever to exist. Yet beneath the waves, our seas are under immense pressure, and one of the biggest threats they face today is…

Ever encountered a snake and weren’t sure what you were looking at? Well, no longer! Here’s a quick guide to the native snakes you might find in the UK (there’s only 3 so shouldn’t take too long to learn!).     First…

It sounds a bit too good to be true to say that you get to spend your summers hunting for new species in one of the worlds most unique habitats, but that’s exactly what Brogan Pett is doing with spiders in Madagascar….