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AUSTRALIA HAS A REPUTATION for being full of deadly wildlife – and with good reason. The vast antipodean island is home to an impressive list of dangerous critters. Sharks, spiders and snakes get most
OFF VENEZUELA’S COAST LIE THE ‘ABC islands’ of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, some of the driest places in the Caribbean. With unpredictable rainfall, cactus-dominated landscapes and rivers that flow onl
THERE WOULD BE LITTLE POINT IN having the ability to lethally poison a predator if you accidentally poisoned yourself and ended up just as dead. In the case of poison dart frogs, they dodge being pois
BRITISH BREAK MINI GUIDE
The wildlife of the Galápagos archipelago is unmissable. However, how you see it not only impacts your own trip but the future of these islands, writes David Horwell
YOU’LL KNOW ALL ABOUT IT IF you get stung by a bullet ant (Paraponera clavata), a species named after the fact that the pain from its venom feels as if it has been inflicted by a gunshot. Some insect