Take this quiz and learn about pigeons! 1. True or False? Pigeons and doves are completely different groups of birds. False! From an evolutionary perspective pigeons and doves are all part of the same group, the bird family Columbidae. There are about 300 species in this group. Which birds…
What do you know about coral and coral reefs? Challenge yourself to this coral reef quiz!
What do you know about shrimp? Test your knowledge and maybe learn something new!
When most people think of tuna, they probably think of fish that comes in a can … You may be amazed at how awesome these fish really are!
1. True or False? A tapir looks like nature put a shortened elephant trunk on a pig, but tapirs are really relatives of horses and rhinos.
True or False? All penguins live in Antarctica…
1. True or False? Giant pandas have always lived in China. False! One of the oldest known giant panda fossils (or rather one of its direct ancestors) was found in Spain. It is over 11 million years old. Pandas were in Europe at some point…
Celebrate International Polar Bear Day, learn about polar bears and how you can help them.
What would happen if nature threw a scaly dinosaur and a koala into a blender and spit the result back out to live in the forests and grasslands of Africa and Asia? The result might look like a pangolin: A pangolin. Photo credit: Tikki Hywood…
Reading level: Grade 5-6 You might think all rare and unique animals are discovered in remote places … like rainforests, mountaintops, or deserts. Not in the case of the Romer’s tree frog! This is the story of how this little frog found itself living in…
There is a cat that looks like Tigger in real life … It is not a tiger though. Meet the clouded leopard.
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…