We've produced a number of factsheets on a range of topics from Animal Facts to Environmental facts as part of our commitment to encouraging young people's understanding of the environment and of the need for sustainability.
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The koala is perhaps the best-loved of all Australia's marsupial, or pouched, mammals. Although it is rather bear-like in appearance, its nearest r...
Read MoreLeaves are nature’s food factories, converting the light from the sun into energy to help plants grow.
Read MoreThe snow leopard is related to the common leopard of Africa and Asia, but because its way of life and general appearance are so different it is reg...
Read MoreA lion is a large, powerful carnivore and was once common in Asia and parts of Europe as well as in Africa. This impressive member of the big cat f...
Read MoreThis flamboyant fish is beautiful with it's frilly fins and hypnotic stripes but don't be fooled by it's looks - it is trying to tell you to stay a...
Read MoreMacaws are members of the parrot family which has 340 species. 17 different species of Macaw are found in the rainforests of South America. Many o...
Read MoreHere is a step-by-step guide to making your own pond
Read MoreThere are 4 species of Manatee, one in West Africa, one in the Caribbean from the south-eastern United States to northern South America and one in ...
Read MoreMeat Free Monday is all about reducing the amount of meat we consume because of its health and environmental benefits.
Read MoreAnimals do many different and amazing things. Some of them ‘migrate’. This means they travel to other places where the weather is warmer or they ca...
Read MoreQuite literally, a ‘minibeast’ is simply a small animal. Spiders, snails, slugs, beetles, centipedes, worms, earwigs, caterpillars are just a few.
Read MoreA mirage is a phenomenon where you think you see water...
Read MoreThe mole is not seen very often. The heaps of soil (molehills) which it makes whilst tunnelling gives its presence away. In medieval times it was c...
Read MoreRed howler monkeys are thought to be one of the noisiest land animals on the planet!
Read MoreVervet monkeys have long arms and legs which allow them to move at speed on the ground.
Read MoreThe harvest mouse is the smallest rodent in Britain and weighs less than a 2 pence coin!
Read MoreThe wood mouse, also known as the long-tailed field mouse, though rarely seen as it is nocturnal, is probably Britain's most numerous mammal.
Read MoreNestbox building is a good activity for the autumn, ready for occupation (hopefully!) the following spring.
Read MoreSnails and slugs are distant relatives of the octopus, a creature that is so intelligent it is the only invertebrate that is recognised as sentient...
Read MoreThe 147,000 tonne oil tanker Sea Empress ran aground on February 15th 1996 at 8.07 pm, despite being under the control of one of Milford Haven’s ha...
Read More'Orang' and 'utan' are the Malay words meaning 'person' and 'forest'; the orangutan is literally a 'person of the forest'.
Read MoreOtters are mainly nocturnal and hunt in open, marshy places, rivers, lakes, seashores and estuaries
Read MoreThe sea otter is an almost exclusively marine animal, spending little time ashore. Its fur is thick and glossy and ranges in colour from black to d...
Read MoreIt is sobering to consider that nearly 90% of the world's marine fish stocks are now fully exploited, overexploited or depleted, and there is no do...
Read MoreAt present there is still space enough on Earth for humans, wildlife and wild places, but can this be maintained?
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