This is the village of Santa Helena do Inglês: This village lies on the banks of the Negro River in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. It is one of 19 villages in the Negro River Sustainable Development Reserve, a protected rainforest area that is very remote.…
Sofia Ceiba is in southern Tibet to meet a newly discovered giant of the plant world!
John Mitani has studied apes for decades. Learn more about what he finds interesting about our nearest living relatives.
Shrews are some of the smallest mammals on Earth. None of them are bigger than a mouse, and although they resemble mice, they are not rodents. Shrews are insectivores. They spend their lives hunting down insects in underbrush or burrowing for them through the soil. Shrews stay…
What is your favorite mythical creature? Is it a unicorn? The Loch Ness Monster? A drop bear (a meat-eating koala that ambushes its prey from the treetops)? Maybe a mermaid or dragon? In this task, we want you to imagine if your mythical creature were…
There is a cat that looks like Tigger in real life … It is not a tiger though. Meet the clouded leopard.
Príncipe is an island approximately 250 kilometers (155 miles) off the coast of Central Africa. Along with its neighboring island, São Tomé, it has several endemic species, or species found nowhere else on Earth. One of these endemic species is the Príncipe thrush. Until 2010, the…
What is an endemic species? An endemic species occurs in only one geographic location. A species could be endemic to a forest. A species could be endemic to an island. This video gives examples of endemic species: Endemic species featured in the video: Key points from the…
By Pritha Dey, expert moth-er 1. Prometopidia joshimathensis This drab-colored Geometrid moth was discovered in a semi-urban forest fragment, in the busy tourist town of Joshimath in the western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, India. Dr Pritha Dey along with Dr Axel Hausmann and Dr Dieter…
Talking to Plants: Sofia talks with Lou Bamboo Lovely leopards of Sri Lanka Scuba lizards! Nature journaling Meet the Sunda pangolin How to draw an elephant, giraffe & rhinoceros Suzi photographs cute baby animals Learn about giraffes: giraffes are cool! Rodents that bounce! Dugongs and…
Wombats have cube-shaped poop! Some bees drink sweat and tears Build an insect hotel The beauty of moths: moths of Tennessee, USA Book Look: The Boy Who Grew a Forest Adventure in the Annamites A glow-in-the-dark mushroom lights the way in India Book Look: One…
Have you ever seen mold on an orange? Or a mushroom growing on the ground after it rained? Or mildew growing on the wall of a shower? All of these are species of fungi. There are millions of species of fungi on Earth, many of…