The sundew is a diminutive but deadly insectivorous cousin of the Venus flytrap. Its genus name, Drosera, comes from the Greek word meaning ‘dewy’, a reference to the plant’s glistening droplets of sticky liquid mounted at the tips of touch-sensitive...
What would the Halloween season be without stories of skeletons and bones? So, without further ado, here are some fun (and spooky) facts about them. Fun Facts about Animal Bones Rodents crave gnawing on bones, which mammalogists believe serves the dual purposes of...
You may wonder what Egyptian mummies have to do with nature, but if it weren’t for the special aromatic and preservative properties of the native herbs, spices and minerals used in the embalming process, preserving the dead for ‘eternity’ would have...
