The giraffe's binomial name is Giraffa camelopardalis , referring to the fact that when first discovered, many thought they were a cross between a leopard and a camel...
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Cats tongues are surprisingly rough – often being compared to sandpaper. All cats, domestic and wild, exhibit these velcro-like tongues, with formations of tiny barbs of...
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A scientist has been dubbed a 'cartographer of snakeskin' as he has been investigating the power of serpent skin in understanding friction. From measuring the shape,...
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A sweet spot-bellied eagle owl sports mini hearts on it's majestic plumage. This breed is noted for its strange, human-sounding call and is native to Southeast Asia....
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A new vermicular creature has been discovered; neither worm, nor snake, they're in fact soil-burrowing, limbless amphibians, and they're completely new to science, a new...
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This piebald python sports ghoulish jack-o-lantern patterns. The part albino snake was bred by redditor rsantos11. The non-venomous constrictor can live 25 to 30 years...
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National Geographic Your Shot photographer Rick Beldegreen lay on his belly and pointed his camera straight down to get this shot of a walrus herd on the Aleutian...
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Caspian Tigers were designated as extinct in the 1960s. The cats, that were often up to 10 feet long, were some of the largest that ever lived. Scientists now believe...
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Spider webs have existed for at least 100 million years, and there are several different patterns that are employed by arachnids to catch prey and navigate their worlds....
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Bats navigate by using the patterns created by polarised sunlight. Polarised light occurs when the sun’s light waves are scattered as they come into contact with the...
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Alan Turing may be better known as the father of theoretical computing who cracked the Enigma code, but his interest in the powers of pattern to create and conceal...
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Photographer Xavi Bou has captured the motion of birds in flight in his project Ornitographies . The long-exposure style photographs, known as chronophotographs, show...
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The glass wing butterfly uses the best form of camouflage to hide from predators – transparent wings. Micro-patterns of curved bumps that allow light to pass straight...
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Look at this wonder of nature! This majestic Male Northern Flicker Woodpecker was captured but wildlife enthusiast Jason Paluck. There are over 100 common names for the...
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When we think about pollution of our seas, we often discuss plastic and oil and their affects on marine life. However, more recently, the affects of our drugs - from...
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Last month, a colourful shimmering cloud confused scientists when it appeared on the weather radar. At first they thought it could be birds, but the 70 mile speckles...
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We came across this amphibian poking out of a perfectly speckled pond. Frogs have particular symbolism in the feminine; i n Egypt the frog is the symbol of life and...
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Our co-founder Grace spent a week at Tamera, The Peace Research Project in Portugal – exploring how a deep connection to nature, in this case, through the horse, teaches...
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