Crisis levels
Around 80% of the world’s 29,000 rhinos can be found in South Africa. According to TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring… Read More
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Avian pirates
Arctic Skuas, also known as Parasitic Jaegers, are aggressive seabirds that steal food from terns, puffins, and other birds. Arctic… Read More
Hide and seek
As a result of protein channels which are activated by heat from the bodies of their prey, some snakes can… Read More
Life below freezing
Found inside the glaciers of North America, ice worms are adapted to live in temperatures below freezing. Exposing them to… Read More
Supercolony
The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) has a supercolony on every continent except Antarctica. An Argentine colony in California spans 900km… Read More
Pass barrier
For the first time, the Department of Basic Education has published a full breakdown on subject pass levels in its… Read More