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Why Do Animals Stop Moving and Freeze?

August 31, 2022August 31, 2022

This morning I was walking into wind and surprised a deer. After a couple of quick hops away it then froze and stood motionless. This…

July 28, 2022August 2, 2022

Wild Signs & Star Paths (The Nature Instinct in the US) is now out in Taiwan.

June 7, 2022June 8, 2022

My thanks to Betsy from Corvallis, Oregon, USA, for this email: Hi! I don’t know if the author has time for such small excitements, but…

April 19, 2022April 19, 2022

My thanks to Kareem Dieng and his family for reading my books. That’s Kareem with The Secret World of Weather, ‘Pops’ reading Lost Art of…

April 14, 2022April 14, 2022

The paperback of The Secret World of Weather is out today – in the UK! I am very excited by that and this morning’s weather…

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022

I was looking over one of the local hills from the cover of some undergrowth, when I spooked a herd of fallow deer. They were…

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022

One of the great joys of natural navigation is that it intrigues such a wide variety of people, something it shares with food. We can’t…

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021

The Secret World of Weather has made The Telegraph’s ‘The 75 Best Books of 2021‘. You might also enjoy: How to Find Your Way Using…

August 22, 2021August 22, 2021

On my way to a research visit to Kew Gardens, I popped into Kew Bookshop to sign some copies of my latest book. Thank you…