wildlife

We’ve all seen cartoons in which people travel through the sewers, although looking back on it, we confess we can’t come up with a reason they were ever down there. Nonetheless, through these shows we learned that the sewer is a magical place, home to many wondrous and sometimes frightening...

Oil slick just a few miles from Louisiana coast - CNN.com A 120-mile oil slick advanced to within a few miles of the mouth of the Mississippi River on Thursday as authorities scrambled to keep the spill from damaging wetlands along the Gulf of Mexico. The slick was about three miles off the...

Link Removed Link Removed Vampire bats really do drink blood. They feed on the blood of birds, cattle, horses, and pigs ... and the occasional sleeping human. They need to consume a few tablespoons of blood every day. If the vampire bat doesn't eat for more than a few days it will...

Link Removed The Komodo dragon is the world's largest flesh-eating lizard and living reptile. This amazing creature is only found in the wild on four small Indonesian islands, where they are vulnerable to disease, volcanic activity, and competition with feral dogs and man. It lives on the...

Link Removed Yes there are sea monsters! The giant squid lives in the deepest, coldest parts of the sea, growing up to 18 metres in length. It can weight up to a tonne. Considered a mythical monster of the sea, often appearing in stories, it is only in the last hundred years that any...