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polar bear

What Colour is a Polar Bear, White, Yellow or Green?

A Polar bears fur just might not be the colour you think it is.

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icefish

Antarctica’s Icefish keep from freezing thanks to special proteins

Living way down south, past the tropical parts of the globe and deep in the freezing cold waters of Antarctica, are some pretty amazing fish. Temperatures

Photo Credit: Dan Strickland

Gray Jays have a secret weapon for surviving the Canadian winter: hiding food in trees!

During the cold winter months many of Canada’s birds travel south to warmer climates - many, but not all…There are some birds that stay right where they

crown of thorns starfish

The Spikey Crown-of-Thorns Starfish

If you’ve ever seen a starfish up close, you might think they are pretty harmless. How could something that moves so slowly be a

gecko foot on glass

Sticky Gecko Feet

Have you ever wondered how geckos can walk on windows and other smooth vertical surfaces without falling victim to the forces of gravity? Well for these reptiles, it

bleeding tooth fungus

Is the Bleeding Tooth Fungus really bleeding?

If you come across a young Bleeding Tooth fungus (Hydnellum peckii) you might be surprised by its appearance. Oozing out of pores on the top of this

drosera rotundifolia, sundew

Sundews grow long sticky hairs that trap insects

There are over 150 species of Sundews (Drosera) found around the world. These plants typically live in bogs and they have a special quality that makes them OMG

okapi, okapia johnstoni

The okapi has stripes like a zebra but its closest relative is actually the giraffe

Okapis (Okapia johnstoni) and giraffes come from the Giraffidae family. Like giraffes, okapis have long tongues that they use to remove leaves and buds from tall

Rhincodon typus, whale shark

The whale shark is the largest fish in the world

On average, whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) are 7m, but some have been recorded as long as 20m (that’s over 65ft long). They have 300 tiny teeth and can

loudest_animal_water_boatman_dr_jerome_sueur

The Water Boatman is the loudest animal on earth in relation to its size

What is the loudest animal you can think of? If it was anything other than this tiny guy, you weren’t thinking loud enough! The water boatman (Micronecta

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