Find out how some of Earth’s most impressive frozen features are disappearing (Image credit: ArtTower/Pixabay) Glaciers form in areas of snowfall where conditions are cold enough to allow snow to lie until it has frozen into...
What makes Madidi National Park one of the most diverse yet dangerous places in the world? Image credit: Getty Images In 1981, young Israeli backpacker Yossi Ghinsberg set off into an uncharted area of...
With over a billion cows populating our planet and thousands of years of bovine breeding, how is the world changing? (Image source: Pixabay) Cows have been providing products for us for millennia, and are more...
It’s this persistent hum that alerts us to their presence, but what makes these tiny insects fly with such a racket? Image source: Pixabay You’ll usually hear them before you see them. Acting as...
Our best friends are full of surprises, from super-powered noses that can smell illness to dogs that use the subway to get around. Here’s fifteen facts about our canine counterparts
Image source: Pixabay A huge array of animals are able to see wavelengths of light that are invisible to our human eyes. One of these is ultraviolet (UV) light – part of the electromagnetic...
These sociable animals communicate with each other both verbally and visually, but how can we learn to think cat? (Image source: Pixabay) As one of the world’s most popular pets, there are more than...
How can animals turn their bodies into weapons? (Image source: Wikimedia Commons) Defence mechanisms are the ways in which animals have evolved to protect themselves against danger. There are many ways they can do...
10 Credit: Jason Hollinger Manchineel tree (Hippomane mancinella) Native: Central America Few poisonous plants can infect their victims by a simple touch. Laced with a cocktail of poisons, this tree’s sap will cause irritation...
Corals are team players, collaborating to build the largest living structures on Earth Image source: Pixabay Covering just 0.1 per cent of the world’s surface, coral reefs are home to around 25 per cent...
