[featured image] [This post is adapted from a book I’ve just finished, which will be published sometime next year by Thames and Hudson.] Animals come in a huge range of shapes and sizes, but the vast majority of them are very small. In fact there are many animals that are …
[featured image] Insect wings are right up there with metamorphosis in the adaptations that have allowed these animals to become as successful as they are. Insects are pioneers of the sky and they took to the wing at least 350 million years ago in the steamy forests of the Carboniferous …
[featured image] The tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia are the oldest in the world. While the dense forests of South America and …