Should Animal Welfare Become Part of the National Curriculum
Image by free stock photos from www.picjumbo.com from Pixabay. Please see the bottom of this post for links to the websites I used while researching…
The Importance of Adoption: Giving Shelter Animals a Second Chance
Every year, millions of animals find themselves in shelters, waiting for a second chance at life. Adopting from shelters not only saves these animals…
Hedgerow Heroes
Hedgerows are such a usual part of the British countryside (and plenty of urban areas too) that we usually barely notice them as we pass.…
Undercover Animal Communication
I don’t know about you, but I used to think animal communication was fairly basic, until I almost got bitten by my neighbors dog who…
Sweet Like Honey: The Importance of Bees in Ecosystems
Bees get a really bad rep. They’re small, pester you while you’re trying to picnic in peace, and they pack a nasty sting. At least,…
The Grand National
Image by SorcerySoap HocusPocus from Pixabay. Please see the bottom of this article for links to the sources I have used in researching this…
The standard Lorem Ipsum passage, used since the 1500s
What is Lorem Ipsum? Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever…
Guinea Pigs
There are eight species of guinea pig. Of those, only one of them is kept as a pet. They usually live for 4-8 years.…
World Turtle Day
Loose fishing gear called “ghost nets” drastically affects sea turtle populations. They need to come to the surface for air and often drown tangled up…
Wild about ponds
The hub of my small garden is the little pond and the area surrounding it – the ‘nature reserve’. A name a little grand, perhaps,…
