"During the last few weeks , , and myself have been exploring an ossiferous at Shandon, near , under a grant from the …"

"The s are stated to have burnt their human sacrifices in cages; and, though we cannot with equal confidence vouch for…"

"Wood does not occur in any plants of a lower grade than ferns; and in the higher plants in which it does occur it is …"

"There is, in fact, thirteen times more land north of the than there is to the south of it. This alone must obviously …"

"The more I thought about it, the more obsessed I became with the idea of a swimming journey. I started to dream ever …"

"From water level, I observed the mating joined in flight like refuelling aircraft, and the random progress of the clo…"

"It is through trees that we see and hear the wind: woodland people can tell the species of a tree from the sound it m…"

"Waterlog (1999), Roger's now-classic account of swimming through Britain, published twenty years ago this year, opens…"

"In 1973, Roger Deakin, a British writer and environmental activist, acquired a tumbledown sixteenth-century farmhouse…"

"Besides the darkness of the night, many minor shadows cross our paths, making the hues of Life obscure. These are not…"