Natural World

When was the last Ice Age? It’s now!

We tend to think of the Ice Age as being in the distant past, millions of years ago when glaciers …Read the Rest

Blue Moon – 31st December 2009

This month is a blue moon month! Commonly speaking, we call a moon ‘blue’ when there are two full moons …Read the Rest

You would be forgiven for thinking that tigers, although endangered, would be most prevalent in their native lands of India, …Read the Rest

Puss Caterpillar

01, September 2, 2009
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This one gives us the absolute creeps! We’ve seen lots of wriggly, tickly and icky bugs in our time, but …Read the Rest

This Harris Hawk kills the camera that is videoing it (Youtube). My camera is broken beyond repair. If you enjoyed …Read the Rest

from BBC website: One amphibian has evolved a bizarre and gruesome defence mechanism to protect itself against predators. When attacked, …Read the Rest

Walt Disney originally planned to name his famous cartoon mouse “Mortimer” not Mickey! It was his wife who persuaded him …Read the Rest

Sun Dog

33, February 17, 2009
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Wow! The video on Youtube is astounding and looks like some elaborate fake. This phenomenon has been documented for hundreds …Read the Rest

This video is a great example of an utterly incredible ability of the Mimic Octopus. The species was not discovered …Read the Rest

There are about 6.5 billion humans on the planet, but we are by far outnumbered by insects. There are at …Read the Rest

Churchill loved his cats!

34, October 7, 2008
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Churchill loved his cats!

Winston Churchill was a great animal lover. As he once said: “Dogs look up to us, cats look down on …Read the Rest

Try looking at Google Maps, coordinates 50.010083,-110.113006. This is an entirely natural phenomenon. Or is it?….. Is there, after all, …Read the Rest

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