Animal Alphabet: P is for Platypus

Join us every Tuesday as we make an alphabet from the animals in the Museum of Zoology. Today is the letter P: P is for platypus, puffin, penguin, polar bear, porcupine fish, porcupine and parrot. Can you think of any others? Join us next week as we explore the animals in the Museum beginning with the letter Q – can you think of any? Continue reading Animal Alphabet: P is for Platypus

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Photograph of a white Arctic Fox in the snow

Nature Classroom

Life in the Cold

Right now winter may seem a distant memory, but for animals in and around Antarctica winter is just beginning. In this Nature Classroom we will be exploring some of the adaptations of animals that help them to keep warm when living in the coldest places on Earth. We have investigations about body size, a chance for you to flex your scientific muscles with an experiment … Continue reading Life in the Cold

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