Humans have spent many years wondering what it would be like to have superpowers, with creations like Superman, the Hulk, Dracula and so many other characters capturing our imaginations. While most of the superpowers covered in human fiction seem extremely unlikely to ever occur in the real world, there are animals here on this planet [...]

Humans have spent many years wondering what it would be like to have superpowers, with creations like Superman, the Hulk, Dracula and so many other characters capturing our imaginations. While most of the superpowers covered in human fiction seem extremely unlikely to ever occur in the real world, there are animals here on this planet [...]

It is no secret that humans are getting fatter, the obesity crisis is rampant and we only have ourselves to blame. Incredibly, people are not the only species getting fat because of our actions. Mice too are gaining weight and it is not because of the seemingly obvious reason that most people would think of [...]

If you thought that humanity invented animal husbandry then you would be wrong. Far from being the only species that keeps other animals for its own purposes we are merely one of many. Though scientists are unsure of exactly which species was the first to start farming other animals, ants are one of the leading [...]

We sure have enough bats in Australia, you only have to look across the skyline in Sydney at dusk to realise how many bats there are here, even in the big cities. They really are quite an interesting and unique animal. They are the only mammal capable of sustained flight and they use echolocation similar [...]

When you think of most disliked pests, cockroaches are right up there. They are widely despised, much hated across the world. They have even had a mythology built around them, that they will be the only creature to inherit the earth after a nuclear apocalypse, that they are virtually unkillable, that they can live without [...]

Mosquitoes are one of the most disliked pests of all times. They always seem to pop up when you are on holiday relaxing, or lying in bed trying to get to sleep. Whenever you least expect them, they will turn up. Then once they have bit you you are left with a painful bite that [...]

One of the most widely dislike pests in the whole world has to be the rat. These guys have been responsible for plagues that have scoured a third of the population of Europe from the Earth, they carry numerous human transferable diseases and they are associated with dirt and disease. Most people view them with [...]

You would be hard pressed to find many fans of wasps. Unlike their brethren the bee, they are widely reviled. While bees can sting too they also provide honey and there is something innately likeable about the bee and especially the bumblebee. The wasp, on the other hand, seems to have no redeeming features, the [...]

A rat infestation is something that becomes overwhelming incredibly fast. They become impossible to avoid in no time flat. You hear them, smell them and see them everywhere. Their numbers explode, meaning that a severe infestation can occur very quickly and what was an unnoticeable problem becomes an unavoidable problem very quickly. Rats are incredibly [...]