Starry Malverns, Hannah Lawson In England, we have pretty much half-and-half regarding day and night, unlike our Scandinavian friends, who often have all-night for the winter months, and all-daylight during high summer. How does day and night work? Simply put, the earth rotates at a tilt to the sun. One side of our planet earth…
The Natural World
Bedtime Stories About the Moon
These bedtime stories about the moon not only offer a nice bedtime read, but also offer a little education about the moon, with which we share our planet. Our egg-shaped moon (it’s not round) is responsible for our seasonal tides and is much closer to earth than the sun (which is why they look the…
The Natural Wonders of The World
Image There are 7 main natural wonders of the world: Northern Lights (aurora borealis) are found in northern Europe, creating incredible visual lights that dance on the sky, near the magnetic pole in the Arctic. They occur in Scandinavia, Alaska and northern Canada. The Grand Canyon is a huge geological wonder in the USA, located in…
Why Pheasant Shooting Causes Floods
Lucy Grossmith Millions of beautiful pheasants are bred each year, simply to be shot on private estates. As well as being unkind, the industry means that many pheasants (who have no road sense) are killed or injured each year by cars, and decimate sand lizard populations (due to being over-bred). In Asia, pheasants roost in…
How to Prevent Forest Wildfires
With climate change, forest fires are now becoming common in England. And not just due to increasing weather, but due to irresponsible behaviour of people dropping cigarette litter and also due to barbecues. Fire lanterns are another hazard (one German zoo fire killed several animals, when one dropped into an enclosure). Artist Ashley Wolff created…