The Savannah River is teeming with fish, making it popular with anglers. It is also home to other wildlife like beavers, ...

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Humans can have extreme reactions when they come across insects – from delight at the sight of a Monarch butterfly to disgust ...

This foliage plant is the Philodendron Xanadu (Thaumatophyllum xanadu). A member of the Araceae family, it was once popular ...

The ocean's smallest engineers, calcifying plankton, quietly regulate Earth's thermostat by capturing and cycling carbon.

The ocean covers more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface, yet we’ve explored less of it than we have the surface of the moon.

The historian Procopius described how a creature called Porphyrios terrified sixth-century sailors for 50 years. But what was ...

Current strategies prioritise three species of cultural and ecological importance: the djabbo (northern quoll), djebuyh ...

Imagine you are a kind of fish called a goby, part of a huge family of more than 2,000 species. Maybe you're of average size ...

Freshwater and sea turtles may look similar, but neither one could survive in the other's territory for these reasons.