A bell jar was placed on top of a mini hive and bees from the nucleus started to create foundation of a hive in the jar. Once the foundation is laid, the bees work in masses to form the rest of the hive.

How little bird David defended his young from Goliath the red-tailed hawk This is the David v Goliath moment when a plucky kingbird hopped onto the back of a huge hawk and pecked at its head in a bid to defend its young. Although small, the species can become very aggressive in the breeding season, [...]

When a brother and sister struck a coyote at 75mph they assumed they had killed the animal and drove on. They didn’t realise this was the toughest creature ever to survive a hit-and-run. Eight hours, two fuel stops, and 600 miles later they found the wild animal embedded in their front fender – and very [...]

Lots of folks just love strawberry smoothies. Strawberries are hard to resist, because they are so sweet and delicious. If you want to get the most from the strawberry flavor, you’ll love strawberry smoothie recipes. There are so many different combinations, you won’t even have time to try them all! However, it’s quite refreshing to [...]

A mushroom is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source. The word “mushroom” can also be used for a wide variety of gilled fungi, with or without stems, and the term is used even more generally, to describe both the fleshy fruiting bodies [...]

If humans were forced to vacate Earth, where is the next best place in our solar system for us to live? A study by the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo has provided a quantitative evaluation of habitability to identify the potential habitats in our solar system. Professor Abel Mendez, who produced the study also [...]

Isn’t it funny how some really strange looking creatures just come across as adorable when they are babies? Five of the best animal fathers Can one little smile make you feel better

Sundowners in the Chyulu hills are always special but they don’t come any better than this. I am sitting in the heart of Maasailand in Kenya on a rock the size of St Paul’s Cathedral, looking for cheetahs on the plains below. This is widescreen Africa as I have never seen it before. Far to [...]

These is a wonderful collection of avian imagery, simply magnificent…