The National Trust has teamed up with local author, Sue Wilkins, to offer a new adventure on three outdoor family trails, ...

An architecture student has devised a clever way to build strong, stable vaulted floors using far less concrete and steel than usual, with a novel formwork design inspired by origami. The Unfold ...

Large tortoise reptile walking on sandy ground through an arid desert landscape. Image via depositphotos. A symbol of the Mojave Desert, known for its slow movements ...

Powerful muscles enable it to use its pectoral fins like arms in hoisting itself a little way up wide-based tropical trees. When the periophthalus wishes to it can lift the front part of its body ...

The actress is touring a one-woman show about how animals express themselves. She’s also getting Oscar buzz for “Conclave,” a film in which she hardly speaks. A middle-aged, murderous Tom ...

The artist began making flowers, which are the bestsellers at The Book Rescuers in Largo. She now makes all kinds of pieces, including stars, Christmas trees, origami animals and other decorative ...

The flower matures into an inch-long green fruit eaten by birds and mammals. This incredible tree grows in the southwestern rainforests on stream banks or in moist soil, using other trees to support ...

A JOHOR Baru shopping centre has made its way into the Malaysia Book of Records (MBR) for its formation of the biggest Johor flag using origami. Johor Baru City Square, in collaboration with the ...

While mango trees are tough, the wood is susceptible to fungi and damage from insects. While some musical instruments use mango tree timber as a material, the tree is best known for its fruits. Mango ...

The capacity to use information provided by others to guide behavior is a widespread phenomenon in animal societies. A standard paradigm to test if and/or how animals use and transfer social ...

Previous studies have studied the impact of the road or land use on plant species diversity separately and have concentrated on a single plant species. Here we compare the plant diversity of ...

Hundreds of Christmas trees on display for Brookfield Zoo’s Holiday Magic winter wonderland have a new purpose. Some are now being used as animal enrichment for bears, bison, and lions.