Why do llamas and alpacas spit?

twenty metres up, the canopy looks like a highway. Different shades of green, yellow and grey leaves fuse, creating the illusion of an endless rainforest. I spent most of 2013 in the canopy of a cloud

Two pieces of recent research have investigated the health of the equine gut. Peter Green MRCVS reports

A flesh-eating parasite is spreading north from the Darién Gap, threatening U.S. livestock and decades of containment efforts

Counting the instances of the letter “r” in “strawberry”. Generating an image to show kicking the bucket, monkey business or another idiom – or no elephants in a room. These are all examples of viral

It’s party season – whether it’s your work summer do, a wedding, end-of-term socials for your kids, or just a barbecue with friends. There’s a lot of mixing, mingling and making small talk in this glo

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