The Ventilator – Page 21 – Incorporating The Ranger's Blog

The Nature of Harming ‘award’

Guest blog by Mark Avery I have a feeling that nature conservationists are too nice. Well, I’m trying hard not

My favourite British spider – at least in theory, never having seen one – is the ultra-rare Ladybird Spider, of

Maerl. What’s that then? Chances are, you don’t know what maerl is, or why anyone else might care. Unless you

Today’s the Chinese new year, the first day of the Year of the Dragon. But the recent vogue for marking

Perhaps there’s hope. The Ranger spends an uncomfortable amount of time these days delving into the murky depths of the

The first time the Virtual Ranger met Nick Baker he was presenting prizes at the British Wildlife Photography Awards. Stricken

We heard you like to see pictures of large invertebrates. Well, so do we, but this isn’t one of them.

Oh, it’s been a while since I wrote about this, but the issue of balloon releases seems to have raised

Review by Rowan Adams ‘Dormice’ was first published in 2004 as part of the British Natural History Series. This revised

â€˜Owls’ is the first volume in the new British Natural History Collection from Whittet Books, and it seems very collectable