The Manx cat is a tail 49s, cat found principally upon the Isle of Man a lozenge-shaped r island about 30 miles long, and 20 miles wide 4 which is situated in the Irish Sea, at roughly the same distance from England, Ireland, Scotland and. Wales.

The Man...

Termites are soft-bodied insects belonging to the family. Isopora They are sometimes called white ants r but they are like ants only in that both species 'live in social colonies. They live in the ropies and tempara. 6untries and make various kinds of nests. Some make of g...

The female glow-worm is equipped with one of the most marvellous lighting systems in the world. A wingless beetle, she crawls about at night eating small insects. But on the lower side of 'her abdomen she possesses a "lantern" which she uses to signal to her wing...

Birds of prey are those that feed wholly or mainly on meat taken by hunting. They catch other birds, and small animals for their food.

There are two chief families, the hawks and the falcons. The hawks include eagles, such as the bald eagle (symbol o...

Trap-door spiders are to be found just under the surface of the earth. They belong to the class of spiders called mega omorphae which includes the bird-eating spiders on the tropics. All these spiders tend to be rather large they have four lungs i...

A hermit crab changes its shell when it has grown large enough to need a bigger home. This type of crab has a soft abdomen or tail which, is folded up under the body, but it is not protected by a shell of its own as are most other crabs. Instead, the...

Pterodactyls (or pterosaurs) lived between 150 million and 70 million years ago. These extraordinary reptiles were able to fly. Some had a wing-span of, over 2b feet, making them by far the largest flying animals known to man. Their skulls were often longer th...

Bees swarm in late spring in search of a new home. During the winter the queen been begins to lay her eggs and the colony sets about rearing its young. As the weather becomes warmer and the early flowers appear, the raising of young bees increases rapidly.

We all know that birds build nests. Some find trees the most, convenient. Others prefer hedges, the eaves of roofs, chimney pots, rocky ledges or holes in trees. But what does a bird do that can neither fly nor swim?

Living on the dry, open plains o...

Birds preen themselves to clean and waterproof their feathers, to maintain their general health and to keep them lying smooth and neat: This preening or grooming starts as the nestling's feathers are breaking out of their sheaths. The young bird spends a great ...