Moonballs from Planet Earth

Homogocene : the term ecologists and evolutionary biologists use to describe the current era, when ecosystems are becoming more homogeni...

Airports and railway stations are boring, functional, de-humanizing places that one passes through, perforce, on one’s way to happier parts ...

The assassination of Julius Caesar, when Casca’s hands spoke for him on the Ides of March, when et tu Brute felled Caesar, is surely one of...

We’ve found the culprits. We know who dun it. It’s them Adam and Eve, residents of Eden Gardens , Paradise, PL24 2SG . They inspired the Cru...

The United States is being invaded!! Hundreds of thousands of slimy aliens are slithering around the sacred homeland. And so, the United St...

When is drinking good clean fun, and when is it dangerous and destructive? The dividing line is mostly about how you drink rather than how ...

Had stopped by at the Madras Crocodile Bank recently. The overwhelming impression I came away with was one of plenty. Plenty of crocs, pile...

England’s ancient cathedral spires are finding an exciting new twenty-first century purpose. They are excellent nesting sites for peregrine ...

Being an omnivore is a winning strategy for bears and boars. Does the same logic work for business corporations? Most management thinkers li...

An American friend I was dining with last week was talking about her life in Mechanicsville, VA . Her neighbour is a wild hog hunter. Maybe ...

Here’s a heart-warming success story, at a time when good news is a bit thin on the ground. I visited Wildlife SOS' Agra Bear Rescue Fac...

Cricket fans know that a batsman who has spent a lot of time at the crease is hard to dismiss, because he is “seeing the ball like a footbal...

Great old story from the Economist about a very common statistical error. Cherry picking. Hospital admission data from Canada shows that Le...

A summit has been summoned in Kirkcaldy. The problem: asbo seagulls.

Glorious giants of the Appalachians are being killed off by insignificant-looking Asian females. And this has nothing to do with outsourcing...

It's true. Sure, it is not appropriate material for Disney movies. But the scientific fact is that when Nemo's mom was ate by a shar...

The South African government has decided to kill several thousand elephants to keep the elephant population within sustainable limits. Ar...

Lovely piece from the NYT on a moral dilemma I face all the time. Is gossip good? Gossip it makes cooperation easier. Gossip makes the gossi...

Been working through a New Yorker article about bonobos in the wild. Was reflective, well researched, emotionally rich. Loved it. Click thro...