Posted on: February 9, 2022
Trees have played a big part in the lives of humans for millennia. From the ancient Celts who worshipped the trees to the Tudors who built their buildings and ships from them. Even today we still value our trees, we know that the forests are essential for all life on…
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Posted on: February 25, 2021
With people all over the world becoming more aware of the need to do their part to conserve resources, it is only natural for people to wonder about why bamboo is sustainable. In bamboo, there are two main categories of material: hardwood and softwood. The reason that hardwood is considered…
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Posted on: September 28, 2020
Image credit Anyone can pop down to a supermarket and grab a generic bunch of flowers but there is a better choice. A Tewkesbury Florist such as The Flower Shed offers so many more services and the benefits to using them are numerous. Knowledge – Florists are usually…
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Posted on: July 29, 2020
Natural light is very important, and we should all be looking for ways to increase the level of natural light in our homes and workplaces. Why is it important? There are many health and wellness benefits and here are some of them: It reduces levels of bad bacteria produced in…
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Posted on: June 15, 2020
Horses and man have had a special relationship for hundreds of years. From the horses ridden into battle by the Romans, to the horses pulling ploughs on farmland, to champion racehorses dashing to victory at Royal Ascot, horses are a huge part of man’s history. They inspire books, such as…
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Posted on: May 29, 2020
Many people over the last few years have seen the upsetting images of ocean creatures suffering severe injuries, or horrible deaths due to plastic pollution in the oceans. There is a video on YouTube showing biologists struggling to extract a straw lodged in a turtles nose, and creatures from seabird…
Read ArticlePosted on: September 16, 2019
We have long been fascinated by the social behaviour of primates, humankind’s closest relatives, whose social relationships and behaviour can tell us something about the evolution of our own. Image Credit Gorilla ‘friendships’ The findings of a study published in Ethology into the social relationships of mountain gorillas at a…
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