Recently published in Arena .

Numerous birds come into our garden and share the bounties there. Some are rare and singular, others in great numbers come daily. Occassion...

Almost two years ago Zeph and I went out with a bow-making friend, Peter Yencken, in search of suitable bow timber. Peter had previously tau...

My  MFU lecture given last night, as part of the series  All creatures great and small: Animals and us .

Last Saturday morning I was woken by an ABC radio producer and a minute later I was on air spruiking for a series of lectures on animals tha...