The Amazing Beauty of Creation

With the discovery of a new type of bacteria, developments in genetic modification and DNA editing have been boosted like never before.

Using state of the art cloning technology, Russian scientist working with Korean scientists are trying to resurrect extinct ice age animals and release them into the wilds of Siberia in what would be a real life Jurassic Park!

Every living thing has DNA. Our DNA stores every piece of information about us. From your height to your eye color and everything in between. 

In this episode, we discuss more in dept about what DNA is and how it can and has been used to clone living animals.

There are thousands and thousands of species of animals and plants living on our planet, and even more that have gone extinct. Sometimes, creatures that were taught to have disappeared miraculously show up again.

I today's episode, we're going to take about these creatures know as Lazarus Taxa.

The leopard seal is a ferocious predator that patrols the waters of the Antarctic seas. Although there isn't much know about these creatures and no many people know about them, they are some of the most powerful predators on the planet.

The largest living lizard in the world today, the Komodo dragon is a fascinating yet greatly misunderstood creature. In this episode, we talk about some of the features this creature possesses that make it so incredible as well as debunk some common misconceptions about these living dinosaurs.

Second largest and most widely spread bear on the planet, the brown bear is the cousin of the Polar Bear which we discussed in the previous episode. Although there are major differences between the two species, one thing they have in common is that they both fascinating creatures with more to them then meets the eye.

Polar Bears are fascinating in every way. From there colour to the environment they are capable of surviving to the way they hunt. There is no shortage of things to market at when studying these creatures.

We've already discussed quit a few land based predators and a few aquatic predators. In this episode, we look to the skies at two types of birds that dominate the natural airspace.

Saltwater crocodiles are the largest living reptiles and the closest thing to a dinosaur alive today. They are extremely powerful predators capable of taking down creatures as large as Buffalo's. They have even been known to hunt sharks!

But apart from that, they are an incredibly creature to study. In this episode, we take about these enormous creatures and discuss some of the facts about them that make them to fascinating. 

Tiger are one of the most iconic and recognizable animals in the world. They also happen to be the largest living species of cat. Like the previous animals we've covered in this series, tigers are apex predators. 

In this episode we discuss some facts about tigers that really make you see how unique, strange and fascinating these creatures actually are. 

Wolves play an important role in their ecosystems, more important than you might think. In this episode we talk about the devastating effects removing wolves from an ecosystem had and how reintroducing wolves reversed those negative effects.

In this episode, we start a series on the apex predators from around the world, starting with the Lion, the King of the Jungle. 

The desert is one of the harshest, most unforgiving region on earth. Food is rare and water is a luxury. Most large creatures simply cannot survive here. But there's one creature that doesn't seem to mind the scorching heat. The Camel

The Platypus is probably the strangest creature you've ever come across. Every thing about this creature will make you question whether it's real or not. In this episode, we are going to talk about the Platypus and probably make you question even further whether such a creature exists.

Recently there has been quite a stir in the media about the Amazon fires. But are the fires themselves reason for concern?

In this episode we talk about one of the weirdest, craziest creatures in nature. A plant that flips the food chain and instead of been eaten by animals, it eats animals. 

Animals depend on many different characteristics to survive in the wild. Some use brute strength or size, others utilize venom or clever camouflage. In today's episode, we talk about the animals that use speed to their advantage. These animals can out run, out swim or out fly any other creature.

Continuing on our discussion on snakes, in this episode we talk about how many species of snake are considered harmful to human, what to do if you encounter a snake, what you should you do if you are bitten by a snake and we mention some of the most fascinating species of snake. 

In this episode we take about a truly fascinating, yet criminally misunderstood group of creatures. Snakes have for centuries inspired fear in to people and have been a symbol of evil. However, these negative stigmas are largely misplaced.

In this episode, we take about a few species of spiders that stand out from all the other due to amazing, sometimes odd, characteristics. 

In this episode, we continue our discussion around spiders.

In this episode we talk about a very fascinating creature that probably causes shivers to run down most peoples spines. Spiders are true marvels of nature.

In the previous episodes, we talked about the planets of our solar system. We started at Mercury and worked our way outwards towards Neptune. But what happens past Neptune? Is it just empty space?

Finally we've come to the last planet of the solar system. Neptune, the second ice giant. The only planet that wasn't discovered through observations but was rather mathematically predicted to exist.

Nearing in on the end of our journey through the solar system, we find ourselves at Uranus, one of the ice giants of our solar system. 

In this episode we talk about the second largest planet in our solar system, Saturn, the crown jewel of our solar system.

Continuing on our journey through the solar system, we find ourselves at Jupiter, the giant of our solar system.

In this episode we talk about Earth's other next-door neighbor, Mars, the red planet.  

In this episode we talk about our home, the Blue Planet. We talk about how perfectly suited Earth is at supporting life.

In this episode we talk about the first two planets from the sun, Mercury, the smallest of the planets and Venus, Earths sister planet.

In this episode, we take a quick journey around our galactic neighborhood by talking about all the different objects that make up our solar system. 

It's no secret that the Sun is vital for life on Earth to go on. But just how big is the sun? And what is it made of?. In this episode we discuss the answers to these questions and and some other interesting facts about our solar systems star.

To conclude on our discussion on the Amazon Rainforest, we talk about a few more fascinating creatures that dwell there.

In this episode, we talk about a few more fascinating denizens of the Amazon Rainforest. 

In this episode, we talk about some of the fascinating creatures that call the Amazon Jungle home.

In this episode we talk about the largest forest in the world, the Amazon Rainforest. Known for it's bio-diversity, the Amazon Rainforest is 4 and a half times larger than South Africa and spread across 9 different countries.

A creature that gives the Great White Shark a run for the title of greatest predator in the ocean, the killer whale is a powerful and intelligent animal that is largely misunderstood due to it's misleading name.  

In this episode we talk about the largest creature that ever lived. How big do they grow? What do they eat? How many Blue Whales are alive today?

In this episode we talk about one of the most renowned and feared creatures in the ocean, the great white shark.

In this episode we take about the strange and mysterious creatures that call the deepest parts of the ocean their home.

In this episode we discuss the ocean. We talk about it's size, it's astonishing depth and the important roles it plays for life on Earth.

Concluding on our discussion on bees, we take a look a look at honey, how it's made and what it's used for. We also discuss some of the more unknown substances produces by bees.

In this episode, we take a look at the beehive, how bees build and maintain them and what they are used for. This is the second episode in a series about bees.

In this episode we take a look at the different types of bees that can be found in a hive. This is part 1 of a series of podcasts were we discuss bees and discover just how amazing these tiny creatures are.