Stuart Blackman
Recent articles by Stuart Blackman
Why do whales have blowholes?
Why is a blowhole on the top of a whale's head and what does their exhaled breath smell like?
Can any other great apes - other than humans that is - keep secrets?
Is keeping secrets a truly human trait? Stuart Blackman investigates
Is this very ordinary plant a secret, yet deadly, meat eater?
The thistle that has a taste for meat
Do birds go grey in old age?
Science writer Stuart Blackman answers your wild question.
10 animals that could swallow a human whole, from snakes to sharks
Are there any animals capable of swallowing a human whole? Stuart Blackman investigates
Why are red birds – well – red?
How do some birds get their exotic scarlet plumage?
The vampire that regurgitates its bloody stomach contents to hungry roost-mates to save them from starvation
How vampire bats share their bloody meals to expand their social network.
This ‘phantom of the forest’ was popular among medieval nobility and mates up to 600 times per brood
Discover more about this large woodland bird of prey.
They should be enemies… but what these 2 animals do for each other have left experts speechless
Research reveals cross-species co-operation between warthogs and mongooses.
Do birds count the eggs in their nests?
Science writer Stuart Blackman answers your wild question.
Ecosystem killers: 10 destructive, brutal animals that destroy entire habitats
when they are in the wrong place these 10 animals wreck havoc on ecosystems across the globe — reshaping habitats, outcompeting native species, and pushing biodiversity to the brink.
Why are pink dolphins - well - pink?
Stuart Blackman investigates the reasons for the pink dolphins unusual colour
Why the sperm whale's head is built for ramming - and why ramming doesn't give them headaches
Researchers discovered that the sperm whale's head is suited to high-impact clashes.
With deadly long jaws that drain their prey dry, this is one of the world’s most spine-chilling spiders — and it's known as a lethal assassin
7 weirdest fungi in the world you (probably) haven't heard of, from the gross-looking bleeding tooth to the creepy dead man's fingers
Fungi can be very strange. Here's our round-up of some of the weirdest fungi on the planet.
Free Willy: When Hollywood’s most famous orca was rescued from captivity he vanished into the ocean – But what happened next?
What's the strongest material produced by animals?
Animals can produce incredibly strong substances - so who makes the toughest?
"He wrenches off one of the enormous organs with a loop of silk, a twist of the body and a sharp tug." The tiny creature that rips off his own gigantic sex organ
These male spiders have a tough life
Scientists just discovered a new (amazing) use for this strange monkey's gigantic nose
Only found on the island of Borneo, the proboscis monkey is one of the world's most bizarre-looking animals. Now a new study has revealed a hidden function for its peculiar nose.
Camera trap hidden deep in Amazon Rainforest captures elusive predators doing something never filmed before
The footage was captured in the Serra do Pardo National Park in the Brazilian Amazon.
It might look like a beautiful flower but it's actually a deadly predator... Meet one very unlikely-looking, cold-hearted mass killer
For pollen-seekinginsects this is one deadly predator
8 unlikely killers, from tortoises to beavers: Think apex predators are the most dangerous animals to humans? Think again!
These 'dangerous' animals may not be what you are expecting...
Thieves, hostage-takers and wolves in sheep’s clothing – meet nature's cruellest tricksters and most devious schemers
Behind every innocent façade lurks a predator, a thief or a schemer — and nature has perfected the art of the con
12 weirdest insects in the world - including a moth that resembles a poodle and a fly with eyes on stalks
The insect world is definitely a weird one - and there are some that are even weirder than the others. Discover some of the world's strangest and bizarrest insects