This house history was first compiled in 2019 and is it grew and sprawled into many different areas concerning the history of Bristol and Somerset, it was suggested that a version might go online in order to aid others with their research.

From insect population crashes and deforestation to coral bleaching and ocean warming, evidence supporting the claim that we are bringing about Earth’s sixth mass extinction seems to come out almost every week. A landmark UN report from May this year suggested that species are now being lost “at rates unprecedented in human history”, with around 1 million species directly threatened with extinction. The rate of loss is thought to be somewhere between 10 to a hundred times higher than the averag

Few people are aware that the RSPB, Europe’s largest conservation organisation by membership, was founded by Victorian women working to end the cruelty of the feather trade...

Few people enjoying a walk on Scotland’s coast today know that it is missing a fascinating animal: a charismatic, large, flightless seabird that is Britain’s very own dodo. In July 1840, Britain’s last great auks were killed on the island of St Kilda....

Interfering with turtles today can land you in a lot of trouble. The urge to play with them is too much for some tourists but can carry a hefty fine, as two US citizens found out in 2017...

The divers and scientists lucky enough to spend time among the world’s whales often find themselves wondering what is going on in the oversized brains of the sea’s largest inhabitants.

From bats on Hampstead Heath to snakes on Regent’s Canal, a surprising number of different species call London home – something which looked all but impossible a few decades ago.