“It never occurred to me that my early life was anything but normal. I was aware that not everyone had a father and an uncle who disappeared into the sky in balloons. This is something the Piccards did, though. Some…
Do you know Madeira’s only native freshwater fish? Like salmon, it can live in both fresh and saltwater.Like humans, it’s been known to live upwards of 80 years.Like bats, it’s nocturnal.And even more so than the giant panda and the…
One hundred and fifty years ago today, on the 21st December 1872, the HMS Challenger embarked on a voyage of discovery. Marking the birth of oceanography, the Scottish-led expedition circumnavigated the globe on its hunt for areas of oceanographic and…