Forest for Cornwall is celebrating National Tree Week (23 November -1 December) with a series of free tree giveaways. Each tree will come with an information leaflet on how to plant and grow your tree. This is in partnership with Cornwall Libraries, who will also be putting on displays on the fantastic benefits of trees […]

A comet that visits the solar system every 80,000 years is set to pass Earth in the coming days, in what some astronomers are describing as the “comet of the century”. First discovered in January last year, the Comet A3 (Tsuchinshan-Atlas) is finally becoming visible to the naked eye as its trajectory takes it closer to the […]

The annual Draconid meteor shower is visible this year until 10 October in the northern hemisphere and will peak on the evening of 8 October.  The meteors, which are sometimes referred to as shooting stars, will appear as streaks of light in the evening sky. Meteor showers occur when the Earth passes through the debris […]

These humble creatures can often be overlooked. Next time you’re out and about, why not see how many you can spot!

The 5th March is known as St Piran’s day in Cornwall, but who was he? St. Piran is known as the merriest, hardest drinking, hardest living holy man Cornwall ever knew. He is also the patron saint of tinners, and his feast day used to be kept as a holiday in the parishes of Perranzabuloe […]

Did you know that 80% of the seafood we eat in the UK is made up of just five different species? We call them the big five: cod, haddock, salmon, tuna and prawns. Not only is that really boring, but it’s a pretty bad idea. It puts a lot of pressure on a handful of […]

Stargazers are buzzing about a bright new comet. The ball of dust and ice is formally named C/2023 P1, but is also called Comet Nishimura, after the Japanese photographer who first spotted it.  It will be visible for the next few mornings, just before sunrise, when it will glow green low on the horizon. What is […]

Each summer, there comes a moment when we suddenly notice that the ground is crawling with large winged ants that seem to swarm in vast numbers. So what causes this simultaneous taking to the air, and is there really such a thing as flying ant day?  What are flying ants? Flying ants are known as […]