Poop, Lies, and Love: A Dating Game

Dung beetle

If you think romance is complicated, imagine if your dating success depended on how well you could roll a ball of dung! And then you discover the lies!

We See Differently

Are Elephants Colourblind? Elephants have an awesome way of seeing the world!  Yes, elephants are colourblind, which means they don’t see all the colours we do. When it’s bright and sunny, they mainly see two colours: red and green.  We humans have three colour sensors in our eyes for red, blue, and green. Imagine having […]

Is that a funny little dog?

…..No. It is an Arctic Fox! Photo: Kevin Morgans These Arctic foxes is looking rather bedraggled but it’s a usual sight around the middle of May. They have well adapted for the cold, surviving temperatures as low as −50 °C (−58 °F), but come summer, the winter coat has to go. Arctic foxes have a […]

Adorable Cotton Ball Bats

Awww how cute! Bats are not usually described as cute and cuddly but these bats are quite different. The Honduran white bat also known as the Caribbean White Tent-Making bat or called Cotton Ball bat, is a species that is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western parts of Panama. These bats are tiny! […]

Excellent example of mimicry

Himalayan Griffon Vulture plays tricks! This incredible photo taken by Husein Latif clearly shows the fake eyes on a Himalayan Griffon Vulture.  On first glance, it’s hard to even see the bird’s actual face as you are automatically drawn to the fake eyes. It’s a great example of mimicry with this perfect deception to avoid […]

Hummingbird Wings

The hummingbird flaps its wings up to 75 times a second! To fuel this activity, it eats around twice its weight in nectar every day.  Despite this huge consumption, the smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird from Cuba. It weighs a mere 1.6 grams!  There are also the only creatures that can […]