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…
Did you know that there is a cat that looks like Tigger in real life? It is not a tiger though. Meet the clouded leopard. It bounces through the trees of its home in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. It can also climb up trees very…
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…
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…
We’re in the Annamite Mountains of Laos with Camille Coudrat and the team at Association Anoulak. If you missed the first part of our adventure, click to read about our exciting journey into the Nakai-Nam Theun National Park. Today, we’re at camp learning about…
Image: Rhett A. Butler Quiz time! See if you can answer these sea cucumber questions … 1. Who appeared on Earth first, sea cucumbers or dinosaurs? You lose, dinosaurs. The oldest known sea cucumber fossils are about 400 million years old. The first known dinosaur fossils…
Coral reefs are some of the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth. Image courtesy of Andrés Felipe Suárez-Castro. Coral reefs around the world are facing many conservation challenges. Approximately half of the world’s coral reefs have experienced decline of coral since the 1990s. One of the problems…
According to a recent study, cows can be potty trained just as quickly, if not quicker, than most toddlers. Image courtesy of Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology. What is a MooLoo? Researchers have developed a special toilet for cows, which they have nicknamed the…