Tag Archives: Nature

Pic of the day: Cormorant devours huge cod whole in Skagen, Denmark

Posted on 30/07/2012 by

Cormorants can swallow creatures up to two-and-a-half feet long.  Records have shown that one bird was once found to have an 11-and-a-half-inch kitten in its stomach. More here.

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Great cat heroes: Bob the Busker

Posted on 28/04/2012 by

Recovering drug addict James Bowen’s life was at a low ebb in the spring of 2007.  On methadone as part of a programme to wean him off heroin, he was barely scraping an existence busking in London’s Covent Garden, when … Continue reading →

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Quote of the day: Global warming guru James Lovelock on why he was alarmist and wrong

Posted on 24/04/2012 by

‘I made a mistake.  The problem is we don’t know what the climate is doing.  We thought we knew 20 years ago.  That led to some alarmist books – mine included – because it looked clear cut, but it hasn’t happened.  The … Continue reading →

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Photograph of the day: Alaskan brown bear falls asleep after she catches a salmon

Posted on 13/07/2011 by

More: Photograph of the day: Sunset on 42nd Street, New York

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