- Dec 30, 2018
- 5 min
Komodo: Here Be Dragons!
The Hunt-Lennox globe map of approximately 1510 is thought to be the first that used the phrase ‘hic sunt dracones’(here be dragons !)....
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- Dec 15, 2018
- 6 min
Noisy Neighbours
Ask most people about pollution and they will think of plastic, oil, smog, and chemicals. Ironically one of the biggest forms of...
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- Nov 30, 2018
- 4 min
Coffee, Perfume and Fur Coats: The Life of the Civet
What do coffee, fur coats, and perfume have in common? All three industries exploit civets. There are thought to be around 20 species of...
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- Nov 18, 2018
- 6 min
Nowhere To Run, Nowhere To Hide
The geographic ranges of most plant and animal species are limited by climatic factors, including temperature, precipitation, soil...
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