Surrey has been the setting for some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters, thanks to its rolling hills and ancient castles, as well as its beautiful woodlands and high-end studios. The area quickly became a filming hotspot due to its picturesque settings, stunning views, and reliable transportation links. But did you know many films were shot in […]
Tortoises generally have a life expectancy of more than 250 years, while others live only about 80. On average, across all species, they live up to 150 years. According to the Guinness World Records, the oldest land-living tortoise is 190 years old. But did you know that Charles Darwin had a pet tortoise that outlived
While it was speculated that Grimace was made to be a taste bud, McDonald’s implied that the character’s identity is actually fluid. He could embody a blob or even a milkshake. But did you know that the character wasn’t always what we recognized him as today? Grimace was originally called “Evil Grimace.” He had four
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Charles Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection was said to have been inspired by apes, but in reality, there was another species that truly influenced Darwin’s theory. Have you heard of parasitoid wasps? Charles Darwin’s faith in God was seriously shaken by parasitoid wasps, who inject their eggs into caterpillars and eat their still-alive hosts from
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Based on the modern-day cat’s anatomical structures, they are said to have originated from a common ancestor in Asia. These creatures are said to have existed for about 10 to 12 million years. But what does the term cat gap mean? The nimravids, known as false saber-toothed cats, vanished after 12 million years of dominating
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Charles Darwin made a huge impact on science. According to historians and philosophers of science, the comprehension of species led to the theory of a plausible origin in Darwin’s Message. Species were identifiable from varieties within species in that they have evolved gaps in formerly continuous morphological patterns and variation. But where did all of
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Charles Robert Darwin is celebrated as one of the most outstanding British scientists. His works in Biology and his famous theory of Evolution helped transform how we understand the world and ourselves. But did you know that his theory ultimately led to the discovery of an exotic moth species? Charles Darwin received orchids from a
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Some animals have gained the ability to talk through learning or training, like parrots and elephants. But surprisingly, monkeys and apes, the human’s closest primate cousins, remain unable to produce human-like speech. Many believe that their anatomy hinders them from talking like humans, but new research has disproved that idea. Despite being anatomically equipped for
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Animals that live in similar habitats tend to experience events that would push them to evolve. While birds and mammals are both warm-blooded, they both evolved from groups that were not. But have you heard about the term carcinization? Carcinization is an example of convergent evolution where a crustacean evolves into a crab-like form. According
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Dining Like Darwin: When Scientists Swallow Their Subjects Scientists who eat the plants and animals they study are following in the tradition of Charles Darwin. During the voyage of The Beagle, he ate puma (“remarkably like veal in taste”), iguanas, giant tortoises, armadillos. He even accidentally ate part of a bird called a lesser rhea,
