Gardening for bumblebees
If you don’t have time to digest all the lists that you find or you just want a handy top ten wild & garden plants ( and a few of my...
Namib beetles
Scientists have managed to improve the collection & Transport of water droplets by copying the Namib beetles, Stenocara gracilipes, shell...
Parectatosoma hystrix
This amazing animal is a Perectatosoma hystrix, a type of nocturnal stick insect native to Madagascar. While most stick insects avoid...
Giant clam (Tridacna gigas)
Giant clam, Tridacna gigas, this enormous shellfish is the largest species of bivalve mollusc in the fossil record, and the heaviest of...
brain scans hold key to understanding bee behaviour!
The Natural History Museum researchers and collaborators used the Museum's micro-CT facility to scan the insects' brains in 3D, allowing...
Snail’s demise suggests sixth mass extinction is under way
Conservationists have estimated that up to 100 species are disappearing from the planet every day because of human activity – a...
The Parasitic Worm That Turns Snails Into Disco Zombies
The worm in question is Leucochloridium, and it’s a parasitic worm that invades a snail’s eyestalks, where it pulsates to imitate a...