Author: Thomas Bewick

Most of us grew up with the tales of woodland creatures and their underlying morals found in Aesop's Fables. However, the familiar versions of the ...

In the late eighteenth century, the British took greater interest than ever before in observing and recording all aspects of the natural world. Tra...

In the late eighteenth century, the British took greater interest than ever before in observing and recording all aspects of the natural world. Tra...

We’re all familiar with ‘a flock of sheep’ but what are the collective nouns for racehorses, pigs, zebras or giraffes? Drawing on a range of source...

‘A murder of crows’, ‘a charm of goldfinches’, ‘an ostentation of peacocks’: collective nouns for British birds have existed since at least the mid...