This week I went to a talk at Zoology on Palaeognaths. (I spent much of the week guessing what Palaeognaths were... I knew I'd seen the term in the museum......

This week I had one of those light-bulb moments. Of course, it comes in the middle of relaxing in bed, which can be quite disturbing. But I guess it's better...

Big birds of history. Actually the biggest birds. Ever. (If you don't count dinosaurs). Let me start again. The biggest birds than humans ever encountered. M...

D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum in Dundee is one of many museums on my bucket list to visit. It's not the best, or the most comprehensive of zoology collectio...

A friend has been trying to photograph water rail at the Great Fen. Not an easy task. Even the RSPB notes that they are difficult to see in breeding plumage....