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...
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...
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...
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.