Tag: Nature

The Fibonacci sequence in nature

The Fibonacci sequence can be observed in nature, alongside the Golden Ratio. It...

Orchids, plums and pine cones – all bursting out of cat...

St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire, UK: The chapel here is a wonderful curiosity...

Villagers on Príncipe, the ‘African Galapagos’, to be p...

A billionaire is funding a sustainable development project on the west African i...

Back from extinction: Galapagos tortoises lumber home t...

More than 150 giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Floreana Island in Ecuad...

No trees, no food, shot for fun … yet Serbia’s imperial...

Less than a decade ago, the Balkan country had just one breeding pair of the eas...

Bird flu now widespread in Antarctica, strain could wip...

Scientists are sounding the alarm over the spread of bird flu across Antarctica,...

Sibling rivalry goes wild: Namibia study spots jealousy...

Sibling rivalry isn’t just a problem for humans – young baboons also compete for...

Bermuda snail thought to be extinct now thrives after a...

Special pods at Chester zoo helped conservationists breed and release more than ...

Pistachios

Pistachios naturally crack their shells while ripening on the tree, making them ...

Gelatinous horde of red stinging jellyfish washes onto ...

A ‘massive smack’ of lion’s mane jellyfish has appeared across Port Phillip Bay,...

Cygnus olor

Two mute swans swimming in the water. Image: William Elliott, MacDuff - (P&J).

Blind, slow and 500 years old – or are they? How scient...

Described by one researcher as looking ‘already dead’, the enigmatic creatures a...

Pictures of Scotland: January 2025

BBC Scotland News publish a selection of photos sent in by readers, from which t...