Malaysia's New Marine Park
Last week brought the establishment of the Tun Mustapha Park in Malaysia, a milestone in the marine conservation world. The largest...
Coconut Crab
Meet the largest terrestrial arthropod, the coconut crab. They can live up to 60 years old, and grow to sizes of a new born human child!...
Bugs are saving the day, again.
Bugs are saving the day, again. Mealworms are the larval stage of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor, a type of darkling beetle. Many...
Spiders & Peppermint
I get called quite often being asked how people can repel spiders from their homes with little or no management from people, eg ‘I don’t...
Why Everyone Is Talking About Uni (Sea Urchin sushi)
Anyone who has ever tried sushi will know that the Japanese have mastered the art of seafood and rice. There is one particular dish that...
From Russia; A Wasp To Bring The Fight To Bio Security.
The biological control of pest species is becoming a ecologically friendly, cheap, and sustainable way to help invasive species, if done...
Photosynthesizing sea slug
Let’s talk about Animals and Plants, from a very young age we are told that plants can photosynthesis their food from the suns energy,...
Biological control of Gorse
Gorse, Ulex europaeus, is a native plant to Western Europe and was introduced to Australia in the early 1800’s. Since its introduction...