All posts tagged colour

We’re heading out of the hot desert heat and into a land with lots of greens. The deciduous forest is full of…well deciduous trees! The word deciduous

Last time on our tour of colourful biomes we looked at the Tropical Rainforest. Today you'll need to grab your reusable water bottle because we are

We’re looking at biomes unlike you’ve ever seen them before; technicolour style! Better get your shades ready because the tropical rainforest is a brightly coloured place. Tropical rainforest

Can you tell which one of these two butterflies is a Monarch (Danaaus plexippus) and which one is a Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)? This is a tricky question

This may not look like a penguin but it certainly is! They are called little or fairy penguins (Eudyptula mino), they live in New Zealand and Australia

For those 'non-believers' we have found another reason to think fairies are real! If you look closely at certain insects you will see something surprising; they have

Did you know only adult Beluga whales are white? Calves are born brown or dark grey and gradually lighten to become totally white by between six and eight

Why is a leopard spotty and a tiger striped? This question was taken on by some researchers at the University of Bristol who looked at 35 species of wild

The stripes on each zebra are unique as a set of fingerprints – no two animals are exactly alike!

2010 is the Year of Biodiversity