From Blood Moons to penumbras to Christopher Columbus, delve into fun facts about the incredible celestial phenomenon we call ...

One complete rotation of Venus takes 243 Earth days. Imagine a school day that long… To make things stranger, a year on Venus lasts only 225 Earth days. That’s right: a Venusian year is ...

In honor of Earth Day, the Giraffe Blog has put together 50 awesome facts about space, the atmosphere, the sea, and what's under the earth. It's an easy reminder that our Blue Marble is an ...

Pronounced “Hoka oh-nay oh-ney,” the name is a Maori phrase meaning “to fly over the earth” and the original Mafates were ...

National Cat Day is celebrated in various countries and in some places it is a day to promote cat adoption. This day is ...

Giraffes, the tallest land animals, possess remarkably long necks measuring up to six feet. This extraordinary adaptation ...

Young people are some of the world's most powerful climate leaders and want rapid action to tackle the problem. It makes a ...

Adopted 35 years ago, the Montreal Protocol remains a groundbreaking environmental agreement, credited with saving millions ...

However you plan to mark October 31 this year, we're here to help with an assortment of fun Halloween facts to take your spooky ... birthday on the spookiest day of the year?

Upcoming close approaches by Apophis While Apophis won’t collide with Earth, it will come very close on April 13, 2029. On that day, it will pass just 30,600 kilometres (19,000 miles ...

For this year's Earth Day, we spoke to people who have successfully ... persuaded her family to go to Cornwall instead of flying abroad. Facts are important but she advises focussing on the ...