Camera traps have changed the way wildlife is monitored. These heat or motion sensitive cameras allow us humans to observe animal traffic in specific areas over long periods of time. No longer do we...
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Of all the mythical medieval beasts that rollocked around in the Dark Ages, the bonnacon (or bonasus and bonacon) has to be the most ridiculous. Legend has it that the bonnacon’s curly horns were no...
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The idea of making a bomb that utilises bats might sound like a pretty mental idea, but actually when you think about it, it’s a pretty nifty idea. Initially the brainchild of a...
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Dolphins are normally associated with the open ocean, and rightly so, because that’s where the vast majority of them live. But not all of them dwell in the salty deep. There are five...
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The Kamchatka Peninsula is situated in the Russian Far East and runs for about 800 miles. It covers around 100,000 square miles and lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the...
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Initially I wanted to present to you a collection of pictures of ropy artist’s impressions of dinosaurs; but when I started searching I came across so many pictures and stories that it sort of mutated...
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Twice a year Manhattan turns from a modern city into an ancient mystical sundial… sort of. On or around the 28th May and 12th July each year the sun and the skyscrapers align to...
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Coober Pedy is a small Australian mining town 846 Km north of Adelaide. The dusty, dry, scorching hot town is often referred to as the opal capital of the world; in all it has 70 opal fields...
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“Living fossil” isn’t a scientific term, but it is used fairly frequently, especially in the lay media by people like me. For the purpose of this article, a living fossil is a species that...
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