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England Vanishing
22nd September, 2006
How do we define ourselves in time and space? A new book England In Particular suggests it is the commonplace, the local and the distinctive that tells us where we are more...
BACK FROM THE DEAD
Malcolm Tait
1st July, 2005
Vast and enduring, nature defies ourattempts to put it in a box more...
After the Gold Rush
Charles Clover
1st December, 2004
The biggest and most indiscriminate killers of wildlife on the planet, commercial fishing fleets have brought us to the edge of a maritime ecological disaster, with fish stocks facing extinction all around the world.more...
The fate of India's vultures
Malcolm Tait
1st October, 2004
India’s vulture population is facing catastrophic collapse and with it the sacrosanct corporeal passing of the Parsi dead more...
Zoos - 20th century anachronism or biodiversity preservation tool?
Daniel Turner, Dr Miranda F Stevenson B.A., MBA.,
1st March, 2004
Are zoos an essential tool for preserving biodiversity in the 21st century or a Noah's-Ark-style anachronism riddled with woodworm and sinking fast? more...
Mediterranean Massacre
Richard Ellis
1st October, 2003
Seeing bluefin tuna gaffed is like watching a thoroughbred racehorse being hacked to death with an axe. more...
The magnificent bluefin tuna
Richard Ellis
1st October, 2003
Richard Ellis celebrates the beauty of one of nature’s most miraculous, and least appreciated creatures – the bluefin tuna. more...
The Water Hyacinth
Tom Hargreaves
1st October, 2003
This beautiful but deadly plant proliferates in lakes across Africa – choking everything in its path. Why, asks Tom Hargreaves, have all attempts to manage it failed? more...
Seahorses
Davina Langdale
2nd June, 2003
Bizarrely formed and practising one of nature’s most mysterious parenting methods, the seahorse is the victim of an international trade that kills 20 million of them every year. By Davina Langdale more...
Whale songs drowned out by navy sonars
The Ecologist
1st February, 2003
Navy vs the Whales. They have the most mysterious and beautiful songs in the natural world. But now they are dying, drowned out by the deafening roar of Western navies’ new sonar devices.more...
Genetics and conservation
Malcolm Tait
22nd December, 2000
The promise that cloning will be a boon to conservation is, says Malcolm Tait, a complete cop-out more...
Running with gorillas
Beatrice Newbery and Ian Player
9th June, 2000
If trends continue the world’s great apes are doomed to extinction. But one unique rehabilitation project in West Africa is challenging this bleak picture. Beatrice Newbery reportsmore...
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