#StevesLibrary: Top 10 books on Rewilding
These Top 10 lists I’ve been writing every now and again seem to be popular, so I may try to write one every month or so. The topic of this list is books on rewilding. But what is it? Rewilding…
#StevesLibrary: Gone – Stories of Extinction
Many of you will be aware that I am extremely passionate about conservation and trying to prevent extinction. I do not feel that the majority of humans understand or have the ability to comprehend extinction and unfortunately a book a…
#StevesLibrary: Gathering Moss – A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Regular readers of the blog will know that I am doing my best to try to combat plant-blindness. I’ve been visiting more botanical gardens and purchased some books on the topic of plant conservation. One of these is Robin Wall…
#StevesLibrary: Neurodivergent, By Nature
First of all must come a confession. This is a book that I have been reading since August and have had to go back through a couple of times in order to really absorb it. The main reason for this…
#StevesLibrary: Top 10 Books on the Illegal Wildlife Trade
After a few conservations with some friends, I thought I’d do something a little different and put together a list of my Top 10 popular science books on the illegal wildlife trade. As a reminder, the illegal wildlife trade (IWT)…
#StevesLibrary: Entangled Life
To try to reduce my fungi-blindness from a conservation perspective, I recently read Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake. As someone that has studied pathogenic fungi for a number…
#SciFri: Reflecting on the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2025
The Lyme Regis Fossil Festival was first held in 2005, and conceived by local enthusiasts alongside Dr Paul Davis of the Natural History Museum and the Lyme Regis Development Trust. Originally intended as a one-off celebration of the Jurassic Coast’s…
#StevesLibrary: Slime – A Natural History
If you’ve ever picked up a frog or held frogspawn, one word may come to mind to describe the sensation that you feel. Slime. I am no stranger to this feeling and so I was surprised recently when I found…
#StevesLibrary: Bitch
Another book I wish I got around to reading sooner, is Lucy Cooke’s Bitch. This sharp, witty, and thoroughly researched counter-narrative to the male-centric assumptions that have dominated the field of evolutionary biology for over a century, was an absolute…
#StevesLibrary: Infinite Life
First of all, I must apologise for the long hiatus of this series. Life has been extremely hectic over the past 9 months and so, I haven’t been able to read as much I would have like to. I also…
