The Butterfly Conservation charity is encouraging everyone to join in with the big butterfly count, which is running until Sunday, 10...

Heathland is a very rare and interesting habitat; supporting around 5000 species of invertebrates, over half of the UK’s dragonfly...

What’s not interesting about a flightless bird that can grow up to one metre taller than the average man, is heavier than an elephant...

Did you know that all land plants evolved from a slimy green algae, most likely to have come out of fresh water?[1] The most primitive...

This image is of a dried skeleton of a deep sea glass sponge named Eupectella aspergillum, also known artistically as Venus' flower...

Leaf cutter ants can be any of the 39 species that live in the American tropics.[1] They are incredibly strong for their size as they can...

If it points its long finger at you you’re doomed, or perhaps this unfortunately ugly lemur from Madagascar just wants a hug. Its strange...

There are countless examples of mutualisms in nature, yet their ability to persist is somewhat perplexing. Various plant–insect...

Have you ever heard of a plant that could eat birds and mice? Well now you have! Pitcher plants come in various forms and can seem quite...

On this blog page I will share with you interesting, surpising and magnificant facts about plants and animals. Many of these facts I...