A lighter note - Zeme un valsts

A lighter note

“Why are the trees here so big?”

X-mas hangover!

Dreams are lovely, life is good

Showy fuchsia, in memory of the teacher... The many plant names recorded in the National Botanic Garden's database

What should we call a fly's husband? A fly's partner?

No curly coats in sight

The Horse Podcast Within the Limits of One Sentence, together with Bony Fashion, or: The most amusing company names registered in 2024

Latvians are no strangers to humour...

Tell me, please, where should I go? Text messages received by Latvian healers (from confidential sources)

Escape: “We do not believe in principles, only in frogs”

Things internet users are trying to give away. “Especially good prices on wood waste...”

Flies die. “Eat a little – healthy; eat more – happy; eat more still – sleep well.”

A kicked-in pumpkin in Kuldīga...

School, mushrooms. “It wasn’t that the joke was improper or anything, just that it has been seen more often than a chanterelle...”

A brawl is brewing outside Kukulītis. "Turns out – the responsible service is taking down the festive decorations..."

I'm no little war. "But I know that in the end everything will be all right!"

UK drivers could save more than €150 and win prizes if they give up their cars next month…

What to Read to Milkmaids on Mechanised Farms

90 million EU households have pets. How can we reduce the CO₂ emissions they generate?

Five quotes. “If the water from the aquarium has already been used, eat the goldfish too...”

A fatter and nastier inner reptile. “Success is not a ready-laid breakfast on the table.”

“News about new Latvian newspapers in St. Petersburg”, published in Pēterburgas Avīzes No. 1

Green-Lipped Strong Bees +
I could do with a laugh. "Though 'laugh' now seems like mere child's play, compared to the repulsive 'to laugh at' (iesmiet)..."
Building the border fence, contractors face technical challenges posed by nature
Why has a Polish scientist classified cats as an "invasive alien species"?
“Babītes Ruksis” rhododendron settles into life at Līgatne Nature Trails with its friends
Project titles found in the Latvian scientific activity database
The Latvian debt to pleasure
Iceland's Minister of Justice plunges into a waterfall
Strange letters visible on satellite imagery above Ādaži
In Great Britain, women are "marrying" trees to protect them
Think again!
Blue blowfly on a Helena assassin snail
A mysterious tree pest. No, it's a croissant!
Varde’s List. The lift is our friend!
Visitors to Riga Zoo are asked to let the kangaroo Kingaroo sleep how he likes, rather than how visitors want him to
Oskars' letter to Otto "On the future of the planet"
A cat's tale of discovering Europe. The naivety of hope...
Viral times
Bears receive the most EU funding
Animal World Part 2. The nutcracker bites, gentlemen!
Animal World Part 1. The Sour-bellied Whale.
The society, desires, and fates of tadpoles, frogs, and toads.
On Wasps
Times and customs
My demands are only fair!
Spring. Keep an eye out for smoke
Should these now be added to the list of banned books?
Keep your distance!
A breathing tax for the people of Latvia - a key to success!
Postpone! Postpone for now!
Latvia and anteaters
Butter, Līgo and quotas
Let us donate to Comrade Ērglis! The poor man...
50,000 birds under a cat's tail (A story about re-education. Mine and Mūdzis')
The "Flight Shame" movement in Sweden
We are coming, or Green Christmas. An excerpt from a story by Pauls Bankovskis
"The Pig and the Oak"
Let us protect life, or how much wildlife is there in Latvia?
An "eventful" summer for fire-starters
Viesturs Ķerus grants himself funding for a “golden” magazine
One stray cat kills 46 birds a year
2.2 million EUR for the lesser spotted eagle, and it will have its own film too
How an anonymous lobby group for the protection of lynx and wolves is attempting to smear the work of scientists