Stuart Blackman

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Raw salmon meat shows the segmental myotomes. © Tetra Images/Getty

What are myotomes?

what is a chestnut on a horse

Why do horses have chestnuts and ergots?

Centipedes have modified forelegs called forciples that are capable of injecting venom. © gan chaonan/Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Are centipedes venomous?

A spider's palps or pedipalps are paired mouthparts. © Heather Broccard-Bell/Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

What do spider palps do?

A giant anteater eats termites from a mound in the Brazilian Pantanal. © Julian Gunther/Getty

How long is an anteater’s tongue?

A red deer stag's antlers are used to attract mates and defeat rivals during the rutting season. © Carmen Quijada/500px/Getty

Why deer have antlers

Female kangaroo with a joey in her pouch. © Westend61/Getty

Why female kangaroos have pouches

An elephant's trunk is used for grabbing food. © CarlFourie/Getty

How the elephant got its trunk

A blue whale's blowhole can measure up to 50cm in diameter. © Kevin Schafer/Getty

Why whales have blowholes

Black rhinos are Critically Endangered. © Martin Harvey/Getty

Why rhinos have horns

A spider in a web

Insects & Invertebrates

Can spiders hear?

Wolves running in Yellowstone National Park, USA © Mark Miller Photos/Getty

Parasitised wolves are more likely to become pack leaders

Fleischmann's glassfrog, Cusuco National Park, Honduras © Andrew M Snyder/Getty

Glassfrogs hide blood in their liver to boost transparency

Tasmanian Devil

Do wild animals get cancer?

An insect getting a drink nectar

What is nectar?