1 Grizzly Bear Vs 4 Wolves

On March 1, 2015 by Tim Newman
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Here’s a ruck worth watching. One bear vs one wolf would be pretty difficult to predict but I think if you were pushed you’d say that four wolves could easily take on a bear....

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Further Proof Of How Lovably Silly Manatees Are

On February 26, 2015 by Tim Newman
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  I wrote a little bit about Manatees last week, I love them but I’m sometimes a little frustrated by their stupidity. As I’m sure my Dad felt about me when I was a...

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Ghoulish Underwater Graveyard Of Giant Lemurs Found In Madagascar

On February 26, 2015 by Louis Falasha
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“Palaeopropithecus ingens” by Smokeybjb – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Prehistoric times must’ve been terrifying. Dinosaurs, enormous hairy elephants and bumble bees the size of tanks. Well, maybe...

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The Manatee: An Endangered Water Doofus

On February 22, 2015 by Louis Falasha
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Adopting endangered animals is well fun. It’s an action that’s totally overlooked when you’re a kid at Sea World and your nan has just bought you some leaflets and a soft toy version...

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Carcross Desert: The Smallest Desert In The World

On February 20, 2015 by Tim Newman
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Source: bigweasel,  Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic licence. I guess it’s not the greatest of accolades is it? – The smallest desert in the world. What is impressive is that...

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Huldufólk. Why Do So Many Icelanders Believe In Elves?

On February 18, 2015 by Louis Falasha
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“Kewaunee River” by Chris Rand – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Iceland. Aurora Borealis, hot springs, twisted daylight hours and Bjork. Folklore is still pretty archaic there too....

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Goodfellow’s Tree-Kangaroo: Who?

On February 15, 2015 by Tim Newman
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I love it when I come across an image of an animal that I don’t even recognise, and that’s what happened here with the wonderfully cute Goodfellow’s tree-kangaroo. It’s named after Walter Goodfellow (1866–1953)...

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Albania’s Wildlife Packed Lake Prespa Region

On February 14, 2015 by Tim Newman
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This is the second entry in my project to write a short article on one impressively beautiful area or structure within every country of the world. Recently I wrote about Afghanistan’s Minaret of Jam,...

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5 Essential Blue Animals For Your Street Gang

On February 12, 2015 by Louis Falasha
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Grey likes to steal blue’s thunder quite ruthlessly when it comes to nature. It’s only been 600 million years since Darwin invented eyes; there wasn’t much need for colour before then. It was...

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Beautiful Drawings Of Bones From William Cheselden’s Osteographia

On February 6, 2015 by Tim Newman
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William Cheselden was born on October 19, 1688 at Somerby, near Burrow-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire. He worked as an apprentice surgeon at St. Thomas’s Hospital where he fell deeply in love with bones. By 1711, he was...

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