China is building the foundations of what will become the largest artificial rain experiment in history, in an attempt to induce extra rainfall over the Tibetan Plateau. The project will see tens of thousands of fuel-burning chambers installed across the Tibetan mountains, with a view to boosting rainfall in the region by up to 10 […]
We know crows are like, really smart, but are they use-a-credit-card-to-buy-a-train-ticket smart? Well, actually… maybe. One crow has been caught in the act of appearing to try just that after stealing a woman’s credit card in Japan. In the video from Tokyo’s Kinshichō Station, originally posted to Twitter by user @kinoshi42155049, the corvid is filmed […]
On the list of animal names that would send the poor creature into therapy if it had to go to school with human kids, “numbat” is certainly in the top five. It’s also the number one animal mistaken for a thylacine or Tasmanian tiger – possibly because it’s the thylacine’s closest living relative – and […]
