Protected species – Page 2

Incorporating The Ranger's Blog

I’ll see your numbered pebble and raise you a numbered butterfly!

Ranger regular Dave Larkin noticed the article on the numbered pebble, and typically, manages to knock that into a cocked

The most ironic marketing gaffe ever, and then an apparent u-turn by Royal Mail: did plucky little conservation charity Buglife

In 1966, 21 specimens of a new type of fly were collected from an unusual habitat in the Caribbean by

Remember the Euro-banana? Every tabloid in the land screamed rage at Brussels for the unimaginable insult to that very British

Once more the allegedly deadly grey squirrel rears its cute little head in the media, with a rather desperate article

Sometimes, the name of a species isn’t really very informative. Oonops pulcher, for example (a spider), means ‘beautiful egg-eyes’. Not

The biggest prize of all on The Ranger’s holiday in Dorset would be a sighting of the elusive sand lizard

The Ranger has recently returned from a few days house-sitting for a friend on the mainland, in Dorset. By happy

As from 21 August this year, European Protected Species are getting extra protection in England. It would be nice to

It’s corny but it’s true. We sometimes spend so much effort looking at all the environmental trouble in far-flung parts