Deborah Burrow Hiking is a popular pastime enjoyed year-round by millions of people, but it’s important to know safety information (for people and dogs) and also to know how to leave memories and footprints, but little else to protect the natural world. There is a lot to know, from finding vegan hiking boots (to avoid…
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how to help our charming seahorses
Yuliia Seahorses are the world’s most curious creatures. They are actually fish (they swim upright but are not very good at it, hence why they hang on to seagrass or coral to stop swaying about in choppy waters. Unique in that the males give birth, they ‘dance’ for around 9 hours during mating. With no…
why elastic bands harm wildlife
Lucy Pittaway Elastic bands often get discarded and then get tangled up in fur or beaks of wildlife. Their beige or red colour often means they get mistaken for food (like worms) so some creatures eat them, or feed them to their young. Others get washed away to sea. And although ‘biodegradable’, like balloons, they…
protect night skies to help wildlife
Jo Grundy Night skies are where we can look up at the stars, rather than endless street lamps, neon signs, sports stadium floodlights, billboards, car park light and glass building lights. 80% of people now live under ‘skyglow’ (with 99% of people in Europe and the US not enjoying a night sky). Lit areas to…