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The Wasp Piñata

11th September, 20111st April, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments hymenopterans, invertebrates, wasps

Wasps! Urgh! What are they good for? Absolutely nothing! Well, you’d think so by the amount of cursing they get

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Giant water bug from Ecuador

17th February, 2010 Matthew Chatfield 5 Comments

We heard you wanted to see a picture of a simply gigantic water bug. So here it is. This is

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Glum councillors

28th August, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments

Of course, this would never happen on the Isle of Wight. No, sir. And even if it did, it would

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So why are clouds classified anyway?

18th June, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments

Great news, friends, those crazy scientists have discovered a new type of cloud! Actually, it’s not even scientists but some

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Insect Sex Education and much more

28th January, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

Sometimes one just has to step back and applaud. Now’s one of those times: The Ranger has just spent a

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No, honestly, I didn’t mean that.

25th January, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

Interesting follow-up to my previous post “When gorse is in flower it’s the season for love“: Thanks Google, but I

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Not quite one million pebbles

18th April, 20085th August, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 73 Comments coastal, hampshire, mystery, pete codling, solent, southsea, stones

Through The Ranger’s inbox this week came an appeal from a visitor to Southsea Beach, Hampshire. A gentleman was on

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How you got here… and why.

25th October, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments

After getting a link from the BBC website The Ranger delved into his website statistics to gloat over the millions

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So, what should a graduate know?

10th October, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

It is a truth universally acknowledged that there are a few things every little boy should know. Similarly, there are

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Explorer finds two-nosed dog by giant meteorite crater; leaves behind complete church organ.

17th August, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments dog, organ

This one’s almost, but not quite beyond belief. It’s even on the BBC so it must be true, mustn’t it?

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