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Sunday, 8 March 2026

Chile officially recognised as the first country in the Americas to have eliminated Leprosy.

Chile has become the first country in the Americas to be recognised to have officially eliminated Leprosy, according to a press release iss...

Sunday, 1 March 2026

South African diamond mining company files for bankruptcy after five miners killed in flood.

South African mining company Ekapa Minerals has filed for liquidation following the death of five miners at its Ekapa Joint Shaft Mine at Ki...

Denmark officially recognised as having ended mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis.

Denmark has been officially recognised as having eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and Syphilis according to a press release i...

Saturday, 28 February 2026

Mud volcano reported to have killed several Cattle near the town of San Juan de Urabá in Colombia.

A number of Cattle are reported to have died following a mud volcano eruption near the town of San Juan de Urabá in Antioquia Department on ...

Friday, 27 February 2026

Total Lunar Eclipse to be visible from East Asia, East Australia, Oceania, the Pacific Ocean, and western North America.

A total Lunar Eclipse will occur on Wednesday 3 March 2026, starting at 8.45 am GMT. It will be visible across the eastern parts of Asia, Au...

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: I was interested in fossils from an early age, spending much of my childhood collecting on the coasts of England. Having left school in the 1980s with little opportunity to go on to higher education, I worked for the family business, and travelled more widely in Europe and North Africa, before eventually emigrating to The Gambia to work in tourism in 1990. While working in West Africa I was recruited by a mineral exploration company, which gave me the opportunity to travel much more widely, as well as the confidence to go to university when I returned to the UK. I studied palaeobiology at the University of Portsmouth, geosciences at the Open University, and ecology at Christchurch University, before settling into a career in environmental chemistry. I have worked in commercial labs assessing water and soil quality, at schools and colleges, as well as the universities of Nottingham and Warwick, and am currently employed at the University of Northampton. I am still an enthusiastic naturalist and fossil enthusiast in my own time, and regularly visit sites of interest around the UK and beyond, and write pop-science articles for a range of publications.

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