The pages in the Moleskine diaries of London/Hong Kong-based illustrator Fran Giffard are unlike those owned by most people. Sure, they may contain the occasional jottings, recipes and even travel…
Did you know that each square mile of the sky is teeming with billions of insects, which use air currents as superhighways to travel from one place to another?
Watch Guillaume Néry, the current world record holder for freediving, base jump at the Dean's Blue Hole, the deepest underwater sinkhole on Earth. The film was shot by French diving…
Coolest science video I’ve seen in a while. I now have a new found respect for cuttlefish, the lesser-known cousins of octopuses/octopi. [via Pharyngula]
You will need a little bit of patience, and not to forget, rock-steady hands. According to Wikipedia, the Ruby-throated Hummingbirds measure only 7-9 cm in length, and weigh 2-6 g.…
Nature’s Great Events is a documentary series fully filmed on HD, and aired on BBC One and BBC HD. Narrated by the the grand old man of broadcasting, Sir David Attenborough,…
The smooth nylon shrimp (Heterocarpus Laevigatus) employs a particularly efficient chemical defense mechanism to survive in the harsh depths of the Pacific ocean. The shrimp temporarily disorients would-be-predators by discharging…
Revoltingly fascinating stuff. Intrepid naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough spent two days investigating and filming giant Gippsland earthworms in Victoria, Australia. The resulting footage was used in his documentary…