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The World’s Five Deadliest Land Animals Unlikely as it may seem, man’s deadliest adversary from the animal kingdom is the tiny mosquito. They are estimated to kill up to 1 […]

Five of the Remotest Places on Earth Most experts agree that humans first appeared on Earth around 6 million years ago. It was not until the turn of the 19th century that […]

The Whole World’s Going Bananas! The banana is arguably the world’s most versatile fruit. While most commonly eaten raw, its soft creamy flesh can be baked, fried, grilled, […]

Sporting Deaths that Shocked the World We all need to accept that we are going to die at some point in the future. Unless you are unfortunate enough to be killed in conflict, […]

The Amazing Hummingbird Hummingbirds – Origins, Species and Range Experts believe that early species of hummingbird began to diverge from their “swift” […]

The World's Smallest Bird? Most of us know that the ostrich is the world’s largest and heaviest extant bird species. The long-necked bird can grow up to 9 ft ( […]

The World’s Five Most Elevated Countries The High-life You might well know that the small island nations of Tuvalu, the Maldives, the Marshall Islands and Kiribati have an […]

Pigeons and Pigeon Keeping You probably know that ‘pigeon fancier’ is the common term used for someone who keeps and breeds pigeons as a hobby. The genteel pastime […]

How the Pigeon Conquered the World! From Barcelona to Bangkok, Dublin to Delhi, Stockholm to Sydney and beyond, the pigeon is a common sight in many towns and cities […]

The UK's Five Wild Doves and Pigeons Pidgeon or Dove? The first thing to know about doves and pigeons is scientifically speaking, they are the same living species. For […]