120 million crabs hit the streets

Every year, around this time of year, more than 100 million determined crabs take to the streets in a massive attempt to get to their spawning grounds as soon as possible; as a result, they literally flood the streets in Christmas island, covering the streets and forcing rangers to divert traffic and use some quite [...]

Frog takes on snake and bites more than it can chew… well, not really

Mother nature sure has some weird whims sometimes. In 15 minutes of vengeance filled chowing, this frog managed to eat the whole snake. Australian Wildlife Rescue Service volunteer Fay Paterson discussed these pictures taken by Ian Hamilton in Australia’s Daily Mercury . He explained that the snake in case was a non-venomous species who often eats [...]

Global warming posts new threats - Australian wildlife

The threat that global warming is has definetly been underestimated, and if something doesn’t develop quite fast that could handle this problem or at least diminuate its effects (could it be iron fertilization?), the perspectives are quite dire. Everything and everybody is affected, and the effects include the melting of glaciers and the destruction of [...]