The Secret Life of Starfish
Starfish live their strange little lives without ever worrying about looking presentable, which is ironic…
Nature: curious stories from the living world, told with a mix of wonder, science and gentle humour. This section explores wildlife, ecosystems, environmental quirks and the surprising ways humans interact with the planet. From rare species and strange habitats to everyday encounters with the natural world, it offers clear explanations, cultural context and a sense of how much there is still to learn — even in places we think we know well.
Starfish live their strange little lives without ever worrying about looking presentable, which is ironic…
Bioluminescent seas lure travellers the way bonfires charm moths. Anyone who has stood on a…
Yosemite has a way of making you feel like the Earth spent a bit too…
The first time someone meets a Xoloitzcuintli, they usually do one of two things. They…
Ball lightning has the manners of a party guest who turns up uninvited, glows in…
Blobfish roam the deep with the kind of calm only creatures of crushing pressure can…
Armadillos wander through the natural world like quirky little mistakes that nature fully intended. They…
The deep sea rarely asks for attention. It sits there in quiet darkness, minding its…
The British badger, or Meles meles if you want to sound like you’re on first-name…
Imagine a world so crushingly dark that sunlight has never set foot there. The water…
The Sun looks calm from here, doesn’t it? A glowing, reliable disc above the clouds,…
Prefer to listen? Enjoy the story of Emperor Penguin on Youtube If there were ever…
Prefer to listen? Enjoy the full story of Komodo Dragon on Youtube You might think the…
Imagine a creature that builds a house out of sand, lives kilometres beneath the sea,…
Imagine walking across Antarctica — endless white, nothing but ice and wind for days. Now,…
Once upon a time, on a sunny little island in the Indian Ocean, there lived…
Imagine being stuck on an island with no way to leave. No predators, no competition,…
It’s not every day that a creature presumed dead for nearly a decade just casually…
Long before anyone worried about posture, politics, or primate documentaries, a rather unremarkable ape named…
Picture the planet without humans for a moment. Cities crumble, skyscrapers turn into vertical gardens,…
In the tropical rainforests of northern Australia and New Guinea lives a bird that looks…
If the Earth had a pulse, it would skip a beat every time a major…
It’s the sort of party trick nature pulls when she’s in a mischievous mood: a…
Somewhere off the sun-drenched coast of the Mediterranean, barely visible to the human eye, drifts…
The Pamirs like to pretend they’re eternal. Jagged peaks, sweeping ridges, a kind of granite…
You know it's summer when the air smells like BBQ, except the grill is half…
Quechua isn’t just a language. It’s a living echo of empires, mountains, and myths still…