Why are hares associated with the moon? Hares are fundamentally nocturnal. Nighttime was once a very dangerous place and the moon was once believed to...
16 Christmas cards featuring 4 of the winter designs of Robins! Pack includes: 4 x Robin in the snow 4 x Robin in a winter landscape 4 x Two Robins 4 x Robisn repeat pattern...
In greek mythology, Ares instructs Alectryon to guard the door while he has an illicit affair with Aphrodite. Alectryon falls asleep and Helios, the sun...
How the giraffe got its long neck has been the subject of various African folktales, including one from eastern Africa which explains that the giraffe...
Rabbits have long been considered symbols of fertility or rebirth, often associated with Spring, the season of new beginnings. They are also a notable motif...
16 Christmas cards featuring 4 of the winter designs. Bear in the Snow, leaping Reindeer, Robin in the snow, Two Turtle Doves and a White Hart! Pack includes: 4 x White...
The constellations of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, are named for their supposed resemblance to bears (great and little bear). Ursa Major has been associated...
The actual scientific name for the polar bear is Ursa Maritimus, which in Latin translates as Sea Bear. This title’s very appropriate considering the sea...
Why are hares associated with the moon? Hares are fundamentally nocturnal. Nighttime was once a very dangerous place and the moon was once believed to...
The South American Incas were famous for their remarkable use of gold. Not only did they make jewellery and elaborate head dresses out of this precious metal,...
With names like, ‘thunder spreader ‘and ‘fire spreader’, the stag beetle is associated with the darker aspects of culture. According to British folklore, Stag Beetles...
Accounts of the Dodo suggest they were relatively fearless of man: after all, they had never experienced them before, and many would have inquisitively walked...
Did you know the pink colour of flamingos comes from the organic pigments in their diet of animal and plant plankton? However the pink in this flamingo comes from...
Why are hares associated with the moon? Hares are fundamentally nocturnal. Nighttime was once a very dangerous place and the moon was once believed to...
Has anyone ever stopped to think where roosters and hens actually come from? Well, it turns out that these domesticated fowl are actually related to...
Why are hares associated with the moon? Hares are fundamentally nocturnal. Nighttime was once a very dangerous place and the moon was once believed to...
I love this story! It is old, it comes from the 2nd Centry, probably from Greece. Sailors mistake sleeping whales for islands. They would tether their ships to the “island”,...
So it’s official, humans love penguins, but throughout man’s history most of the human world was completely unaware of the penguins existence: they are after...