The story I'm currently working on is set in a forest, so I've been writing a lot about trees. This is what my research looks like...

For Open the Door Festival, I write about freshwater pearl mussels and one of my conservation heroes.

Did you know that green monkeys have different alarm calls for leopards and snakes? Or that honeybees communicate through a waggle dance?

Are you scared of the deep sea? Do you have a favourite sea creature? And can you tell a Vampire Squid from a Sea Swallow...?