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There are many different kinds of animals on earth. Many of these animals, live in a rainforest habitat. The rainforest is a beautiful kind of place. I will tell you about some of the animals that live there.

The largest 'spider' of all, albeit of the oceanic variety, is without doubt the Taka-ashi-gani, or Japanese Spider Crab, one recorded specimen having a 3.7m or 12ft span and weighing 41 Lb on the scales!

Yet another creature that every person on earth automatically shies away from is the Earwig, prompted by the fear that another myth might be true, and the insect might be attracted tio their ear-canal!

Spider silk threads, usually only about 0.002mm wide, have an unbelievably high breaking strain, yet a single strand stretched around the world would weigh less than half a pound.

It was in 1961 that disoriented seabirds, apparently dying were seen to be ramming themselves without apparent cause into Monterey Bay, California homes, creating a mystery for marine biologists.

The largest fish on Earth - The Whale Shark is a massive beast which eats the smallest of creatures.

Coelacanths were thought to be extinct 65 million years ago, but was recently discovered.

The Antarctic is the coldest place on the earth. The temperature can be as low as – 80 degrees Celsius and the wind can blow at 320 km per hour. There is not a large variety of plant and animal life.

Guavas contain plenty of water, small amounts of protein, fat, calcium, phosphorous, carbohydrate, iron and a large amount of vitamin C. Except the Indian gooseberry (amla), no other fruit or vegetable contains as high vitamin C as guava.- not even oranges.

This is an article on paleontology. One of the most interesting topics in the field of research in evolutionary biology.

Fifty years of political independence has failed to solve the problem of poverty.

Vanilla is a natural essence. The vanilla plants are cultivated and the essence is produced from the pods of vanilla plant.

If you disturb the sand on the western side of the Langeberg Dunes in the northern Cape you will hear the sound that varies between a hum to a roar...

The sperm of the male bird could be stored inside from the female bird for a long time the reason why it is not really important for the bird to mate frequently. The male bird’s sperm cell will be fertilized with the female bird’s egg cell in such time that sperm and the egg cell ...

It shows how much the important of the plants to us. Without the plants, there will be less or no oxygen in our planet, a scenario that might happen if we continue to destroy our forest.