The Tree Frog: An amphibian climber of colour, poison and intrigue
Found all over the world, some tree frogs provide poison for darts, while in one species you can see the heart beating as it's skin is see-through.…
Caldera and volcano lakes of the world
Caldera, or caldaria to give them their Latin name, are cooking pot shaped depressions in the earth formed after the cooling magma chamber of a volcano forms a void and…
Mega Tsunami could wipe out East Coast of the United States
Long predicted by oceanographers, volcanologists, and domesday theorists. Could a mega Tsunami starting in the Canary Islands really hit the USA?…
The darkest place in the UK
Ok so any room with no windows and the lights turned off will probably count as the darkest place in Britain. So we might need a little more definition here,…
The Electric Brae – Scotland’s natural optical wonder
Not all is as it appears in Scotland as objects move uphill on their own accord. In an area known as the Electric Brae, visitors have been baffled for centuries…
Arecales – The palm tree order
Arecales (Arecaceae aka Palmae) in an order of the flowering plants containing the Palm Tree family. There are around 2500 species of palms and many of them are some of…
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