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

For a couple of years, Inky the octopus was a popular attraction at the National Aquarium of New Zealand in Napier. Then, one morning in 2016, his tank was empty. Inky had made a daring break for free

Echidnas are spiky and slow-moving mammals that have long or short snouts known as beaks. They’re also called spiny anteaters because they lack teeth and rely on their long, sticky tongues to catch in

A labour of love. and pain. The Schmidt Sting Pain Index is a scale rating the relative pain caused by different stinging insects. It was devised by the entomologist Justin Schmidt, who worked at the

Adrian Thomas pieces together the garden ecosystem

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