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Holland: Keukenhof is blooming beautiful

Holland: Keukenhof is blooming beautiful

"If you doze off, and open your eyes as the aircraft flies low over western Holland, you may imagine you have woken up in a child's paintbox – and your eyes will feel instantly refreshed by bold, beautiful stripes of colour flaming across the land."
The man who walks with bears

The man who walks with bears

For 43 years, Professor Lynn Rogers has studied wild bears, walking and playing with them...as peaceful, playful creatures, which even hum when they are content.
The edible, incredible lotus flower

The edible, incredible lotus flower

The lotus provides foodstuffs, medicines and natural chemicals (such as those that ensure the seed's astonishing longevity) which have long sustained indigenous peoples and now...
How we are emptying our seas

How we are emptying our seas

"Wind back the clock to the seventh century, however, and the scene would be very different. Instead of shipping, you would watch the passage of great whales on their northward migration from African wintering grounds to Arctic feeding areas."
Dragonfly migration across the sea

Dragonfly migration across the sea

"That strongly suggest that the dragonflies take advantage of the moving weather systems and monsoon rains to complete an epic migration from southern India to east and southern Africa, and then likely back again, a round trip of 14,000 to 18,000km."
Dragonflies Face Uncertain Future

Dragonflies Face Uncertain Future

"The survey is the first to assess the global health of any order of insects. Compared to vertebrates, the dragonflies and damselflies are not doing badly...less threatened than the mammals..."
The Guilty Secrets of Palm Oil

The Guilty Secrets of Palm Oil

"It's an invisible ingredient, really, palm oil. You won't find it listed on your margarine, your bread, your biscuits or your KitKat. It's there though, under 'vegetable oil'..."
Fertilisers Reducing Diversity

Fertilisers Reducing Diversity

"Looking at grasslands, the researchers said it was widely recognised that an increase of chemical nutrients in an ecosystem led to a loss of diversity…"
The Way of Ģebedu

The Way of Ģebedu

The Way of Ģebedu, (Ģebedu is the Old English word for bead) is wisdom extracted from ages, scribbled in a notebook (do not remember where I got it) years ago –to follow a trail with...
The Economic Value of Honeybees

The Economic Value of Honeybees

"Nobody knows exactly what impact the current decline in honey bee populations is having on these figures and on the supplies of these foods..."
Birds of Paradise: Back from the edge of extinction

Birds of Paradise: Back from the edge of extinction

In Europe in the 19th century, birds of paradise were thought to be ethereal creatures that never alighted on earth and, lacking legs, were destined to spend their lives in the sky...
Dragonflies in danger of extinction

Dragonflies in danger of extinction

"Dragonflies may have hovered and hunted across the planet for the last 325m years, but their modern relatives are staring extinction in the face..."
Large Mammal Migrations are Disappearing

Large Mammal Migrations are Disappearing

They live in herds that are too large to depend on a single location for food, so as the seasons change, and rainfall drifts or snow melts, new...
Ornament Gives Your Garden a Sense of Personality

Ornament Gives Your Garden a Sense of Personality

"So, a cottagey garden might brim with whimsical birdhouses, found objects, old things from flea markets, pots and pans, even an old window frame or two. A more classical garden might have a single large urn..."
A Scotsman's Journey to the East: Mountains of Wudang

A Scotsman's Journey to the East: Mountains of Wudang

"Wudang Mountain, located near Shiyan city in north western Hubei Province, is more than just a famous scenic spot. Wudangshan is the home of internal martial arts and a spiritual centre for Chinas native religion, Daoism."
Wild Flower Remedies

Wild Flower Remedies

"Another unusual tale involves the dandelion, a wildflower planted on Earth by the sun to honor an Indian girl who fell in love with it and loved it until her hair turned white, fell out and blew away."
Hands-On History Lessons

Hands-On History Lessons

"...flowers, like vegetables, are particular about when they germinate: just as spinach, peas and onions need to be planted now, larkspur, corn poppies, wallflowers and many other flower seeds do best if planted early."
‘Green’ Dams Hasten Rape of Borneo Forests

‘Green’ Dams Hasten Rape of Borneo Forests

"The island of Borneo, a fragile treasure house of rainforests, rare animals and plants, is under threat from plans for..."
Ancient Colors of Provence Mined from the Land Itself

Ancient Colors of Provence Mined from the Land Itself

"The luminous colors of Cézanne's paintings had inspired us to seek out the source of ochre, the impure mineral used as a pigment for millennia. Four hundred miles northwest of Rustrel..."
Spring Butterfly Spotting

Spring Butterfly Spotting

"This beautiful little butterfly is one of our rarest and most threatened species. There are less than 100 colonies left and many have only a few individuals. I only found the duke of burgundy..."