by Milan Sanader | Aug 2, 2021 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
Scientist Orit Peleg has long been fascinated by fireflies that appear to flash their lanterns in synchronicity — but she only just recently got to witness the phenomenon up close. Peleg and her colleague Raphael Sarfati travelled to the Great Smoky Mountains, which...
by Milan Sanader | May 10, 2021 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science
Filmmakers record the extreme rite of passage of barnacle goslings as they plummet over 120m down a cliff face By Ella Davies 17 October 2014 A barnacle gosling plummeting more than 120m (400ft) to follow its parents has been recorded by BBC filmmakers. The chick’s...
by Milan Sanader | Oct 25, 2020 | Gr 1-3 Science & Tech, Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Armed with the most sophisticated vision and fastest strike of any predator on Earth, the mantis shrimp is an unsuspecting...
by Milan Sanader | Aug 11, 2020 | Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
In their bid to survive, bed bugs wait until humans and animals are sleeping, then come out to suckle their blood. Like mosquitoes, these pests use an elongated proboscis to pierce the skin and gather their blood meal. They need to feed weekly to grow through the...
by msander | Sep 5, 2019 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
What is ”egg-shaped” even? I used to think it was the shape of a chicken egg. Then one day I saw a collection of eggs from lots of different bird species, and I realized just how many different kind of egg shapes there really are! I had to know why. And it turns out a...
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