People who are interested in primates will be saddened to learn that Frans de Waal died on 14th March at the age of 75. He was a professor of...
Christmas Photo Puzzle 2023 by gentle lemur posted 24 Dec 2023 at 8:26 AM When P G Wodehouse created his characters he made Bertie Wooster...
Over the past few years I have posted scanned versions of my old colour transparencies in our Gallery. However the process of using a scanner is...
Last month I went back to Weymouth Sea Life Centre to get better photos of the weedy sea dragons. On my previous visit, in October 2021, I had got...
Recently I have been able to visit a number of UK collections and it seem that the current pattern with the reopening of these exhibits, after the...
Please read this article from today's Guardian and think about it. I believe that some other British zoos are going in the same direction and I...
Mad March Hare-brained Photo Puzzle by gentle lemur posted 1 Mar 2023 at 10:05 AM There is a long-running radio panel game that penalises...
Christmas Photo Puzzle 2022 by gentle lemur posted 24 Dec 2022 at 12:40 PM It's been a while since I composed a puzzle. I have tried to make this...
Among the documents in Bristol's planning application for the redevelopment of the Clifton site are two 'Heritage Statements' which are...
Photo Puzzle for April 1st by gentle lemur posted 25 Mar 2022 at 9:35 PMIt's been 11 months since I set a puzzle. This one is rather different....
Christmas Photo Puzzle 2021 by gentle lemur posted 24 Dec 2021 at 4:33 PM Please view the images at full size if possible. 18 photos and 18...
A team at the Woods Hole Marine Biology Laboratory have developed techniques to keep and breed Octopus chierchiae, a very small octopus species,...
I had been meaning to go to this Centre for some time, and I finally got round to it yesterday. I was surprised to find that it is not like the...
From The Guardian Wildcats, storks and beavers: my stay on a Devon rewilding farm
Mayday! Mayday! It's another photo puzzle! by gentle lemur posted 1 May 2021 at 10:21 AM The latest photo puzzle has 28 images, which I hope are...
This looks like a silly season story, but I believe it. A shrimp has been discovered in the tanks at the Horniman Museum in London. Its origin is...
This short video from the BBC website shows dogs being trained by Zoos Victoria to find if they can be used to detect when female Tasmanian devils...
Mad March Monochrome Photo Puzzle by gentle lemur posted 1 Mar 2021 at 10:44 AM Every time I finish a puzzle I think it will be the last one. But...
Scrutinise these photos, preferably at full size, and try to name them. Christmas 2020 photo puzzle by gentle lemur posted 25 Dec 2020 at 12:46 PM...
Just to draw your attention to an interesting story ;) Is it a bird? Is it a bee? No, it's a lizard pollinating South Africa's 'hidden flower'
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