Dec 04
WE’VE LOST 44 MILLION BIRDS SINCE 1966. By Chantal Cooke. Since 1966, we’ve lost breeding birds from our countryside at an average rate of a nesting pair every minute. These shocking statistics are contained in the State of the UK’s Birds 2012 report published in November 2012, charting the ups and downs of our bird …
Nov 09
THE HORSE NATION OF AMERICA. By CHANTAL COOKE. Horses were once extinct in America. And we have Christopher Columbus to thank for their reintroduction. Although the horse evolved, around 40million years ago, in the area now known as America, it actually disappeared from the region completely as it spread into Europe and Asia. It wasn’t …
Nov 05
A DAY IN VICTORIA, CAPITAL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA. By CHANTAL COOKE. “Back to back, belly to belly, I don’t care I’m undead already. Welcome to the zombie jamboree.” I didn’t really expect to be singing these words on my second night in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. But then I also didn’t expect to be …
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