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Moss Safari on World Microscopy Day: Five Ways of Seeing a Rotifer
Sunday 12 April 2026 The Quekett Microscopical Society I explained that how we understand what we see is shaped by our assumptions. I started with a situation where a member of the public at the New Scientist Live event last year had asked me “What are tardigrades for?” My immediate response was that they are…
Moss Safari Monthly #3: Everything Is Connected
Wednesday 22 April 2026 April’s Moss Safari Monthly session took a step back from individual organisms and asked a bigger, more powerful question: What happens when we look at moss as a whole ecosystem? The theme for this session was simple but profound: everything is connected. From Individuals to Interactions In previous sessions, we met…
Celebrating 150 years of Natural History in Northamptonshire: Moss Safari wows
Tuesday 14 April 2026 Almost a year ago I spoke to John Smith, president of the Northamptonshire Natural History Society (NNHS) when he was making plans for the 150 years celebration of the society. We decided a virtual visit from me followed by a practical session led by the society volunteers would work. So on…
Queer Eye on the Glass Slide
Microscopy brings together people from all walks of life. Through this hobby, and through developing Moss Safari, I have met many remarkable individuals. A few weeks ago, I attended the Natural History Queer Symposium at The Linnean Society of London. The experience helped crystallise many of my thoughts about moss, microscopy and how we interpret…
Moss Safari and T-Level Animal Management: Applications of Cryptobiosis
Having several experienced using Moss Safari for primary and secondary levels I was excited to apply it to post-16 T-levels. In this case it was for a group of Animal Management students at Plumpton College in East Sussex and we focused on body systems and the applications of cryptobiosis research to animal management. This blog…
Moss Safari’s ‘sell out’ lunchtime event for the Linnean Society
Wednesday 8 April 2026 The Linnean Society is the oldest learned society devoted to the science of natural history. So it was a privilege to be able to showcase an online Moss Safari live event as part of their lunchtime lecture series. I was delighted to hear that we had over 400 sign ups, a…
Moss Safari Monthly. March – Watching what happens
Wednesday 25th March 2026 Here in Woodingdean, Brighton it was a day of all weathers: we had rain, sleet, snow, hail and sunshine in just the afternoon. I collected the moss cushion that we are studying from my garden, where I had left it last month. It was surprisingly dry. Although it had been cold…
Moss Safari Monthly. Learning how to see
Wednesday 22 February 2026 This blog captures the highlights of our first Moss Safari Monthly session. The next session is Wednesday 25 March 2026, 7–8 PM GMT, focusing on “Watching What Happens”.Sign up here. Summary “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust In…
What’s coming up? Have you got your ticket to Moss Safari Monthly?
If you are here in England, we seem to have had rain everyday since Christmas. But that is very good for the moss and there are lots of luscious plump moss cushions to be seen. If you are on Bluesky, you will see that I have been regularly posting these. I wanted to write this…
First Contact: What Trainee Teachers Found in Moss
I think this is the seventh year I have run Moss Safari with my trainee science teachers, and it is always a highlight of my year. I always learn something new, and I always come away thinking about Moss Safari slightly differently. This year felt different. Moss Safari has taken on a life of its…
Join a live Moss Safari Online: Moss Safari Monthly
A live, guided journey into the microscopic life of moss Before we start this blog, some news. Kind of a good news, bad news scenario. Good news: The Moss Safari book is selling really well. Bad news, so well that the publishers have run out! It’s back at the printers and is due back in…
Moss Safari’s Exciting Launch at ASE Conference 2026
What a great start to the Moss Safari New Year! A shortlisting for the book and a launch of new look resources! Take a read and find out what happened at the ASE Conference!
Moss Safari Review Of The Year 2025
Overview I like to review the work of Moss Safari at the end of each calendar year. It is, in reality, just me and my passion (some might say obsession) to get mosses to the masses. I have a couple of people who actively help me, Sarah Poore and Jude Dean, but the bulk of…
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