Category: Environment
What is the source of the River Nile?
The How It Works team goes ‘up river’ in a quest for the holy grail of Nile-related facts.
Why do pelicans have such large beaks compared with other birds?
Hein van Grouw from the Department of Zoology at the Natural History Museum, London, goes fishing with a bucket of tasty facts.
Video: Incredible waterspout tornadoes form over Australia
Water columns 600 metres high formed off the coast of Australia on 30 May 2011
Are any plants sensitive to touch?
Wesley Shaw, keeper of the Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, answers right here, right now.
Why are a duck’s feathers waterproof?
The Master Chief of duck-related matters Dave Paynter answers right here, right now.