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Invasive species Protected species Videos

Matthew Chatfield 10th October, 201710th October, 2017 4 Comments australia, lord howe island, massive animals, rats, stick insect

Behold, the tree lobster. (Spoiler: not a lobster)

We like to bring you the occasional large invertebrate on this blog. And even a huge vertebrate now and then. But here’s a big

Spiders The Ranger's surfing highlights

Matthew Chatfield 23rd March, 201423rd March, 2014 0 Comments australia, new guinea, spiders

This spider is pretending to be a beetle

Jumping spiders are known to imitate ants – and some of these clever mimics can be found in the UK.

Invasive species The Ranger's surfing highlights

Matthew Chatfield 6th June, 2012 7 Comments amphibians, australia, invasive, non-native, piles

Smearing 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

The Knife and Fork, Ryde

Matthew Chatfield 5th March, 200623rd November, 2020 0 Comments australia, trees

‘I like trees but…’ Yes, of course you do

Those crazy Australians are poisoning trees to open up sea views! The Ranger is amazed that this story needed to