Table of Contents If you’re tuning in from the southern hemisphere, chances are you’re suffering through an uncharacteristically warmer spring or a straight-up brutally hot summer right now. Apart from the regular rigamarole of drinking anything you get your hands on and desperately trying to stay indoors any time before […]

Table of Contents Hippopotamus in water. Credit: Wikimedia/Muhammad Mahdi Karim Have you ever wondered if hippos, those giant water-dwelling animals, are fast runners? After all, with their size and strength, they sure look like they should be slow on land. But is that really the case? Let’s find out! First,

Table of Contents What are emotions? We often feel excitement, anger, fear, happiness, surprise, disgust and sadness. These feelings are called emotions by . Emotions play an important role in how people live their lives. They also impact how people engage with each other. The decisions that people make on

The tropical and subtropical waters of the world (like the Indian and Pacific Oceans) are home to a number of colorful residents. Amidst the many strange ocean floor dwellers are a unique species of mantis shrimps – the boxer shrimp! Meet the boxer shrimp! Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Brian Jeffery Beggerly

Table of Contents Every living animal needs food to survive. The animal food chain describes how each living animal gets its food, or which animal eats what in the wild. In the animal kingdom, there are animals that feed on other animals. Animals that hunt and kill other animals for

Table of Contents Ants may look simple at first glance. On deeper inspection, you may find that there are ants that look different in the colony itself. This extends further, and ants of different species and types come in different shapes, sizes, and colors. Different types of ants have different

Table of Contents Sharing is caring! Honeypot ants share their sweet stash with other ants in hard times, Credit: Wikimedia/Greg Hume Is it a grape? Is it a berry? Neither. Camponotus inflatus, commonly known as a honeypot ant, lives in the deserts of Australia. In summer, the worker ants forage