In a time when people are being asked to consider eating insects, we should, perhaps, learn a thing or two from the aardvark (Orycteropus afer), Africa’s ant-guzzling gourmand. On an average night, th

Your dog relies on you to notice when something feels wrong, and the mouth is one of the easiest places to spot early signs of illness. Dental and gum disease can develop quietly, long before your dog

One animal’s loss is a gain for hungry creatures with a taste for decay

How dead plants and animals decay, and how living organisms rely on this natural process to survive

Adrian Thomas pieces together the garden ecosystem

The normal diet of gladiators was vegetarian, but not through choice or principle. The rations in their barracks consisted of sagina, which literally translates as ‘stuffing’. It was a barley and bean