Sharks, skates and rays have the ability to locate their prey by detecting the electrical signals that an animal gives off as it moves. Key to this ability is t...
An arms race between bats and moths has been raging for over 65 million years. As bats become more adept at catching their prey, embattled moths have to counter...
How exactly do you measure how smart an animal is? Assessing the intelligence of an animal is a difficult task in itself, and it remains a controversial subject...
Coral reefs are in trouble around the world. Rising sea levels are threatening to wreak havoc on these unique ecosystems, which would result in terrible loss to...
If you live in the ocean and you can’t swim, you are at the mercy of the ocean currents. The powerful currents of the ocean can transport microorganisms and obj...
Every autumn, monarch butterflies embark on a quite unbelievable 2000 mile migration from Canada and the USA to the toasty surroundings of central Mexico. It is...
The growth of the coral organisms' hard, calcium carbonate skeletons form the backbone of coral reefs, upon which other organisms grow. A key aspect in the deve...
Sometimes conservation efforts can seem simple enough. Identify a species in trouble; implement a strategy to protect said species and job done, right? Unfortun...
