| The rings of Saturn are made up of primarily water ice, with particles or rock. |
| If you cut a redwood tree, its root system will create angel rings around the stump and as many as 100 trees will grow around it in a circle. |
| The abdomen of the ant contains two stomachs. One stomach holds the food for itself and second stomach is for food to be shared with other ants. |
| The world's tallest mountains, the Himalayas, are also the fastest growing. Their growth - about half an inch a year - is caused by the pressure exerted by two of Earth's continental plates (the Eurasian plate and the Indo-Australian plate) pushing against one another. |
| In the last 50 years the temperature of the Antarctic has risen by 2.5 degrees Celsius and may be to blame for icebergs breaking away from the continent. |
| A mature, well-established termite colony with as many as 60,000 members will eat only about one-fifth of an ounce of wood a day. |
| The Australian walking fish can not only survive without water, it can also climb trees to feed on insects. |
| The telegraph plant of Asia has leaves that flutter constantly, even when there is no breeze. |
| The anaconda, one of the world's largest snakes, gives birth to its young instead of laying eggs. |
| The Australian Koala never drinks water. It gets its fluids –slowly – from the Eucalyptus leaves it eats. |