Why Queen Victoria’s secret beach should remain secret
Evicted from his office by the noisy Isle of Wight Festival today, the Ranger instead spent the day on a
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The Ventilator
Incorporating The Ranger's Blog
Author: Matthew Chatfield
An enormous jumping spider
Jumping spiders are, on the whole, pretty tiny things. And I say ‘pretty’ deliberately as they are amongst the cutest, funniest and
Read moreWasp scissors are safe and simple.
In days gone by, we hear from time to time, people used to make their own entertainment. Indeed they did;
Read moreWell, that worked… sort of.
So what’s the big idea with puffer fish? Puff out, frighten off your enemy and make yourself too big to
Read moreIs Eresus the cutest spider on earth? Send me to find out.
The worlds’s cutest spider. It’s a hard-fought contest, with the jumping spiders invariably on the podium. But I’ve got a
Read moreThe city of Jerusalem is throwing money at dog poo.
Here’s a story that is doing the rounds in the ‘Believe it or not’ columns of the newspapers. Some boffin is
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Why are there no really big insects any more? Blame birds.
It’s no secret that 300 million years ago, the largest insects were a lot bigger than they are now. The largest
Read moreSmearing toads with haemorrhoid cream… humanely
Regular readers will remember the anguish with which celebrities and commoners alike rallied round the cause of poor old introduced
Read moreShould we pay £375,000 to poke buzzards out of their nests?
Something’s gone badly wrong at the Greenest Government Ever. To say I’ve been profoundly disappointed at the environmental performance of the Coalition –
Read moreThoughts from an angry park ranger
Sometimes people online confuse The Ranger with a US Park Ranger – although he’s very far from it. In real
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