Author name: Alex

Hi, I'm currently about to finish my undergraduate degree in Zoology from the University of Reading. I'm currently based in the South of England.

Butterfly Obsession

As you can tell if you know me personally or just by looking on this website, you would know I am ever so fascinated by the natural world, especially the animal side of it. Recently, butterflies have caught my attention a lot more. According to the Butterfly Conservation there are 59 species of butterfly commonly […]

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This is Just Outside my Bedroom

In restarted my university life last September at Reading University. I am studying zoology and luckily for me the campus is huge, beautiful and full of wildlife. My bedroom window looks out onto the Reading University lake and I can see a great number of birds from here let alone when I’m down by it.

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Arboreal Tarantulas

There are many different ways to separate the different kinds of tarantulas into how we both describe them and how their care differs. Whether it be New or Old World, which means from the Americas or not, or how different species, genera or families act. Tarantulas also differ on where they like to spend their

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Penguin Awareness Day 2019

Of the 18 species of penguin, over half are listed as vulnerable or at higher risk! All penguins, apart from the Galapagos penguin, dwell in the southern hemisphere. Perhaps the first thing you think of when you think of Antarctica, the majority of penguin species actually live in the southern parts of Africa, South America,

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Poached By Park Rangers

Three Kruger National Park rangers have been arrested on suspicion of poaching rhinos that they were ‘protecting’. “Slowly but surely we are coming to grips with people within our ranks who are sabotaging our efforts in this campaign. We still have confidence in those who are committed and loyal; and would like to encourage them to

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Visit Heidelberg Zoo!

First of all Heidelberg is such a beautiful town.  It’s not a city but it is very big, it sits in a valley between two mountains, allowing a layer of fog to settle, making it annoyingly to get clear photos most of the time but equally giving it a sort of mythical look, especially as

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