As Victorian eccentrics go, Frank Buckland was a prime specimen, writes Martin Spray. But this new book about his rich and remarkable life is much more than a collection of anecdotes about his extraordinary doings, his inordinate curiosity about the natural world, and the animals he kept - and ate: a stimulating companion for wet days, cold evenings and wakeful nights.
… 8th November 2016 Reviews Books Natural World History ate-zoo-cut.png As Victorian … with such titles as Curiosities of natural history , Notes and jottings from animal life , and The natural history of fishes , and towards the end of his …
In this long-anticipated volume, Robert Cameron introduces us to the natural history of slugs and snails of the British Isles, writes Martin Spray, also venturing across the world to explore the wide range of structures and ways of life of slugs and snails, particularly their sometimes bizarre mating habits, which in turn help to illuminate the ways in which evolution has shaped the living world.
… Robert Cameron introduces us to the natural history of slugs and snails of the British … with environmental factors, reproduction, history, dispersal, and colonisation. A … Molluscs as food is picked up again here. The history of medical uses, especially the use of …
A new book aims to get children off their mobile phones and back where they belong: in the great outdoors. It's packed with well thought-out, purposeful activities to get children interacting with nature, but Martin Spray wonders: is it all trying too hard? Has the essential nature of 'play' somehow been forgotten?
… activities usually associated with natural history. This, though, is a minor point: it is … does not seem a good foundation for natural history, or indeed any other understanding of … in remit than one closer to the natural history tradition, such as Michael Chinery's …