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Stages in chick embryo development One of the greatest miracles of nature is the transformation of the egg into the chick. A chick emerges after a brief three weeks of incubation. The complexity [...]

IN HIS EPIC encyclopedia Natural History, the great Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder wrote of the bonnacon, a sort of bull whose defensive strategy was to hit its foes with blasts of dung “so [...]

The Wisdom of Creation is the Great Teacher Today there are many inventors and design engineers that are looking at the natural world and the creatures that live in it for solutions to complex [...]

Two great achievements occurred in 1953, more than half a century ago. The first was the successful ascent of Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the world. Sir Edmund Hillary and his guide, [...]

11 Arguments and their Responses for the Scientific Method and Basic Philosophy.    1. Positing God is not a solution: who created God? God is the eternal, ultimate cause of existence. [...]

Frog spit might be some of the catchiest spit on the planet. That’s according to new research on frog saliva, which shows that the sticky stuff is tailor-made to grab bugs. It helps to [...]

Venus Flytraps – Creepier Than We Imagined! When it comes to digesting its prey, this plant is a calculating killer. If you accidentally get transformed into a fly, and get caught in a [...]

Superb bird-of-paradise description Birds of paradise are famed for their elaborate plumage and fascinating, often bizarre, courtship displays, and the superb bird-of-paradise (Lophorina superba) [...]

The four front teeth in each arch are called incisors, and their function is to cut food with their sharp thin edges.  On each side of the incisors, at the corners of the mouth, are the canines.  [...]

The Gaboon Viper (Bitis gabonica) is a venomous viper along the equatorial belt of Africa, East and Central Africa and southeast Africa. In the African  Portuguese-speaking countries, it can be [...]