Ravens are among the most intelligent of all birds, and they are even able to use rudimentary tools to obtain food or play with snow. They usually mate for life, they seek food in packs, and they are omnivorous.

Torrential rains flood the Rio Grande do Sul region, leaving at least 29 dead and 60 missing. The Brazilian Evangelical Alliance has appealed to churches for help.

An adult male dromedary camel can weigh as much as 700 kilos and reach a height of three metres. By contrast, the eye of a sewing needle is less than one millimetre wide.

A survey in France shows that 76% of evangelicals know of Bible passages related to environmental care. Jean-François Mouhot (A Rocha) sees “a generational change in the churches”.

It is estimated that around 3,500 hectares were affected by the fire. “Part of our task is to bring consolation, truth and hope to the people”, the local evangelical pastor says.

All the species of falcons possess a small cone in the interior of each nasal orifice which enables them to breathe at three hundred kilometres per hour.

From a human perspective, questions immediately arise about why there are so many lethal organisms in our world.

It serves as a lesson, delivered through a symbolic sign. This was a common practice on the part of Old Testament prophets.

These special beetles defend themselves by bombing their enemies. They can set off small explosions of irritating chemicals intended to deter potential predators. Hence their name.

How can salmons live in both the salty waters of the sea and the fresh waters of rivers? The answer lies in their capacity for osmoregulation.

Each human being has some 23,000 genes, while the water flea has about 31,000, but clustered together in a genome that is 15 times smaller than the human genome.

Science is beginning to understand the quantum mechanisms of magnetic orientation, but the question of how the young birds know exactly in which direction to orient themselves, remains a mystery.

Recent surveys in Germany and the Netherlands analyse the daily decisions of church members to see if they differ from the rest of society.

Professor John Wyatt gives a perspective on key bioethical issues of our time.

About a tiny American insect, recently introduced into the Iberian peninsula, and popularly known as the “killer insect”.

The 4th Spanish Bioethics Conference will give a Christian perspective on creation care, life and death, and AI. “Bioethics is not primarily a theoretical issue to be considered at a university classroom, but a practical reality in everyday life”.

This abundance of minerals – almost 5,000 different types of minerals on the planet earth – may well be unique in the cosmos.

Although flies are often very annoying, they are a blessing for the biosphere.

A historical sketch of the Nature-Grace interdependence (III)

Its fruit is green and about the size of an apple, and it is pleasant to look at, but when it is ripe it bursts, scattering its feather-like seeds which are then carried by the wind.

There are 24 known species. However, in the Holy Land there are only two: bread wheat, a rare variety as it only grows in Shefela and in the mountains of Judea; and wild emmer wheat, abundant throughout the country. 

The terebinth, is native to the west Mediterranean, but it has spread eastwards to Greece, Turkey, Syria and Israel, and it is very resistant to drought.

We need a bit of cheering up and we all hope that this year might be the year that life can return to normal.

Spiderwebs can teach engineers a great deal about molecular design. But the question that arises how was the internal structure of the spiderweb designed?

Horseflies are similar to flies, but larger in size, with a thick body. The females have a complex buccal apparatus, with sharp, hard elements capable of piercing the skin in order to feed on their blood.