Stuart Blackman

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Brazilian porcupine

Does anything eat porcupines?

Orange-striped anemones were found living on the debris © Yale Peabody Museum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Oceanic plastic rubbish hosts marine life

Mudskippers are amphibious fish © Afriadi Hikmal/Getty

Fish that can walk on land evolved the ability to blink like we do

A snail moving

Insects & Invertebrates

How do slugs and snails move?

Bottle of Mezcal with worm. © Esdelval/Getty

Scientists discover the ‘worm’ is in the alcoholic drink mezcal

Black sea cucumber (Holothuria leucospilota) © Philippe Bourjon – some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Sea cucumber defends itself with sticky threads released from its bottom

Dwarf reed snake cartwheeling. © Evan Quah

Snake performs cartwheels to escape from danger

Golden rabbitfish (Siganus guttatus) at Similan island, Thailand

Do fish make friends?

Where did feral pigeons come from?

Where did feral pigeons come from?

Pink-footed geese © Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Arctic geese rapidly find new migratory route to cope with climate change

Buff-tailed bumblebee © Valter Jacinto/Getty

Bumblebees can learn new skills from each other

A woodcock flashes the white spots on the underside of its tail feather tips. © Sven-Erik Arndt/Arterra/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Which bird has the brightest feathers?

James Hutton geologist

Meet The Scientist

James Hutton theory: how his theory paved the way for Darwin

Australian spider uses its web as a fishing net

Insects & Invertebrates

How an Australian spider uses its web as a fishing net

According to the University of Florida’s International Shark Attack File, none of Florida’s 16 unprovoked bites in 2022 were fatal, but two — likely from bull sharks — required medical treatment. © Gerard Soury/Getty

Steve Backshall on shark attacks: “You’re more likely to be killed taking a selfie”