Are you afraid of insects? Probably not likely as you’re reading a website dedicated to books about natural history; however many are – even, paradoxically, some of the very people who study them.
Are you afraid of insects? Probably not likely as you’re reading a website dedicated to books about natural history; however many are – even, paradoxically, some of the very people who study them.
Discovered in 1837 in Guiana and named for the newly crowned Queen Victoria of England, Victoria regia – the enormous Amazonian water lily now known as Victoria amazonica – became the botanical obsession of Victorian England.
For as long as its existence has been known, the frozen continent at the bottom of the world has variously been the much sought-after prize of explorers, scientists, conservationists and politicians; often at the same time.
In addition to their many other charms, islands are ecologically fascinating. Each one is unique, many are home to some of the world’s most remarkable plants and animals, and all susceptible to the effects of human activity. Roger Lovegrove, former director of the RSPB in Wales knows this, and in his recently published Islands Beyond the […]