Drummond Puddle News Today

Northumbria University’s Dr Mike Jeffries dives into the mysterious world of puddles in all their variation.

Puddles are an often-ignored but crucial habitat for rare and unusual wildlife.

Fri 30 Apr 2021 02.00 EDT I will hazard a guess that few of us paid regular attention to the Suez canal until a container ship got knocked off course by “a gust of wind”, blocking one of the most important trade routes in the world. Although there were serious repercussions (billions of pounds’ worth) a 220,000-ton ship being bested by a gentle breeze was in some ways the farcical crisis we all needed. As the ship refused to budge for an entire week, we followed the story with an...