On Nature
Watching for Elephants in South India, Irish Pages, 2021
Hummingbirds: Hovering on the Brink of Extinction, Daily Telegraph 2013
Don’t Let Good Zoos Go Extinct, Guardian 2013
ZSL London Zoo: Place of Respite and Renewal, New Statesman 2012
Migration of cells, birds, people – and the restlessness of life – The Scientist Magazine 2012
Aquilegia Nora Barlow – Hortus Gardening Magazine 2011
Against Tiger Farming, China Dialogue 2009
Why Celebrate Darwin’s 200th birthday? Independent 2008
The Tiger in Western Literature (Tigers: the Ultimate Guide, Two Brothers Press 2004, ed. V. Thapar)
Why On the Origin of Species Does Not Mention Tigers (Tigers: the Ultimate Guide, Two Brothers Press 2004, ed. V. Thapar)
Robin Hood & the Greenwood (British Greats, Cassell, 2003)
Raven the Wise, The Times, February 2003
Hare Hunted, Hare Tamed, Hare Now, The Times, October 2002
The Bloodflow Does not Stop: Leeches and Healing. The Times, September 2002
Sacred Poison, Vipers and Adders, The Times May 2002
Into the Woods: British Forests, Myth and Now, Independent Magazine 2000
Sadder than Owl-Songs: Britain and its Owls, The Times, February 2001
The Running of the Deer, Independent Saturday Magazine, December 2000
On Putting your Dog to Sleep Independent, December 1999
Talking at a conference on 'The Human in Relation to Animals', University of Silesia, Poland, 2019. Ruth is on the academic board of Zoophilologica: The Polish Journal for Animal Studies