A husband and wife were in despair. The woman had just given birth to their 13th child, and the growing family was quickly running out of food and money. Wandering into the woods, the father encountered a skeletal figure with sunken eyes...

Bitten by a venomous snake? There's hope! French scientist Albert Calmette developed the first snake antivenom in the late 1890s, and did such a good job that we use his technique to this day. Antivenom works by stimulating the...

You're stranded in a rainforest, and you've eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need an antidote excreted by a certain species of frog. Unfortunately, only the female frog produces the antidote. The male and female look...

There are natural poisons that lurk in bacteria, plants, and fungi pretty much everywhere, and they're there for good reasons (according to the organisms that produce them) - but what is it about their chemical make up that makes them so...

You’re on the trail of a werewolf that’s been terrorizing your town. After months of detective work, you’ve narrowed your suspects to one of five people. You’ve invited them to dinner with a simple plan: to slip a square of a rare...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how the disorder in the forest is resolved, and consider how happy the ending of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is. Key learning points: - In Act 3, Scene 1, we see Puck’s ability to create disorder amongst the...

This video captures a compelling interaction between Oberon and Titania from Act 4, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The discussion revolves around Oberon's machinations and Titania's humorous infatuation with...

In this third part of the interview series with Oberon and Puck from Act 3, Scene 2 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," the plot thickens with Puck's humorous admission of his mistake in the application of the love potion. Oberon instructs...

While snakes might be at the top of most people’s concerns when it comes to venomous creatures it’s actually something quite different that tops the bill of Most Venomous!

This video explores five fun facts about goats.

A British company Oxitec may have a way to fight Zika virus. They create genetically modified mosquitoes that produce offspring that will not survive into adulthood. The company uses a tetracycline repressible activator variant or tTAV...

On this episode of Breaking Trail, Coyote and the crew are in one of the most remote and diverse ecosystems in Japan! On this adventure they come across none other than the Fire Belly Newt, and not only does this newt sport a fiery red...