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Designer dogs: What is a breed anyway?
There's designer clothes, but they have nothing on designer dogs!
They come in a huge range of shapes and colours and sizes, from the tiny Chihuahua t…
1 year, 1 month ago
Wolf to woof: Did we make dogs?
The relationship between humans and big scary wolves has come a long way to give us tiny fluffy lap dogs with very discerning tastes in expensive foo…
1 year, 1 month ago
Introducing What the Dogs?!
A new series from What the Duck?! is coming soon.
Dr Ann Jones is exploring the connection between humans and dogs and asking how our destinies became…
1 year, 1 month ago
Can snakes climb ladders?
How does a snake climb a pole? It's not like they have a ladder... or arms.
It turns out that snakes have some pretty crazy skills when it comes to cl…
1 year, 2 months ago
Snakes on the brain
Would you meet a stranger in a park with a pile of snakes?
Comedian Craig Quartermaine took the risk in an attempt to overcome his fears.
Featuring:
Cr…1 year, 2 months ago
Hollywood bird sounds
Have you heard of the Kookaburra that conquered Hollywood?
Yes- that was a kookaburra at the start of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Bu…
1 year, 2 months ago
Spiders: the ultimate assassins
Spiders have gravity-defying ninja skills, they can hear without ears and they work together to gang up on huge prey.
Spiders are murder machines!
Feat…
1 year, 2 months ago
Pandas, penises and performance anxiety
A tiny penis, a 12-hour annual fertilisation window, picky females and strawberry bubble bath – these are just a few of the issues that pop up when m…
1 year, 2 months ago
Coming out of your shell
There's a whole world of mystery, and quite a bit of maths, inside the humble sea shell.
Forget ancestry searches online, shells can tell you the his…
1 year, 3 months ago
Did Jaws get anything right about sharks?
Jaws (1975) was a massive hit that also created a whole lot of fear, but does anything in the film really stand up to shark science?
Do sharks stalk …
1 year, 3 months ago