Senescence, a lovely word, comes from the Latin word senesere, meaning 'to grow old'. It is all about our gradual deterioration as organisms: 'the condition or process of deterioration with age or loss of a cell's power of division and growth', so its meaning is not...

In order for Thumper to venture outside safely, he had to wear a harness which was attached to a lead. (We were not at all sure it was a good idea simply to 'let him loose' without any means of getting him back inside!) However, the harness had to be fitted before he...

Today was the day that owners decided Thumper the rabbit would venture outside for the first time. Thumper has been a house rabbit since he moved to Goldthorpe and has enjoyed exploring the house. At first, he was very nervous about this, but has grown in confidence,...