Animals

Given the amount of greens they consume in their youth, you would think butterflies would be more muscular. How can a diet of brassicas produce both Arnie and these feather-light sylphs that flit [...]

This is the first Word of the Week under a Labour government and it’s fitting perhaps that the new regime coincides with a sudden proliferation of ants in my life. (Hands up if you thought [...]

OLD JOKE ALERT!! What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison? You can’t wash your hands in a buffalo. That’s not the only difference, by the way, but I’m not here [...]

This time last week, Punxsutawney Phil, the world’s most famous groundhog (the world’s only famous groundhog) was emerging from his burrow to make his annual weather prediction. If he [...]

It’s always an exciting moment when a frog takes up residence in your pond, especially when it’s the first and only frog that’s appeared there in over eight years. It raises [...]