Wildlife Do animals detect earthquakes? …“mice and martens and snakes and centipedes and beetles” evacuating the Greek city of Helike in droves in 373 BC. “After these creatures had departed,” he wrote, “an earthquake occurred…
Creatura Blog Velvet worm a complex invertebrate …out in rotting logs and leaf litter, hunting small invertebrates such as termites and centipedes. To subdue its prey, it covers them a net of sticky slime that’s excreted from…
Destinations Helicopter camping in remote Australia …doors need to be kept shut at night and careful baggage checks are a must when packing, as hitchhikers can be a problem, frogs and centipedes being the most likely…
News Spider venom could lead to IBS treatment …crucial role Nav 1.1 makes in the signalling of chronic pain is the first step in developing novel treatments,” Stuart added. The venom of 109 spiders, scorpions and centipedes was…
AG Blog Phascogales: the little-known natives …consists of insects, spiders and centipedes that they catch in bark, dead trees and leaf litter. Phascogales have also been known to eat the nectar of box and ironbark flowers….
Wildlife The extinction crisis: Australians call for a radical re-haul of environmental laws …centipedes are a major factor in the loss of biodiversity on Christmas Island. The impact of introduced predators will be one of the issues scrutinised by a Senate Inquiry into…
History & Culture Turning toxins to therapies: the wild world of researching venom …the world’s 50,000 named arachnid species – and a collection of venomous centipedes and scorpions. Samantha Nixon, a PhD student of Glenn’s, shows me how she milks venom for research….
News Is ‘Toadzilla’ a sign of enormous cane toads to come? …toads eat everything they can catch – even if it has a sting or bite. They eat giant centipedes up to 16cm long. Beekeepers hate them because they’ll sit in front…
History & Culture Uluru: stories in stone …At one point, the search party stopped atop a dune to pray for Sam: praying he would be kept safe from all the poisonous centipedes and scorpions that’d come out…