What is an exoskeleton?

Of all the garden minibeasts, few are as misunderstood as this humble creature

It was soft, rubbery and lubricious, a humongous earthworm to the untrained eye. I was pretty happy with my find until the joy of the moment was momentarily ruined when the ‘worm’ turned. It opened it

Amazing answers to your curious questions

Fallen branches and rotting stumps may look forsaken, but deadwood plays an essential role in the woodland

Which species are the scariest, most venomous or biggest eight-legged freaks in the world?

Fee-fi-fo-fum! it may not make a great deal of grammatical sense, but this phrase is certain to conjure up mental images of magic beans, rampant beanstalks and one very angry giant. Colossal-sized hum