Nature’s hardest workers

It’s a tough old world out there for the honeybee, which exhausts itself for 60 hours a week to produce just a thimbleful of honey. Indeed, you’d be surprised how hard some members of the animal kingdom have to work just to survive, and they’re not exactly taking sick days or going on holiday between … Continued

Baby hummingbirds have to learn how to use their tongues

Not only do young hummingbirds have to learn how to fly, they also have to learn how to use their tongues in order to collect nectar. This involves doing tongue exercises. More bird features on Love Nature: Africa’s vultures are circling towards extinction, a new study warns The world’s oldest tracked bird is ready to … Continued

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