Category: Animals
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The Legends of Europa: the Winged Wolves

6 The Winged Wolves We head now to the Hildian system, a group of over 5,000 asteroids within Jupiter’s orbital range. Many of these asteroids are tiny, but some are large enough to be able to sustain small families of wolves, and other remarkable rock-dwelling creatures. One of these asteroids, the one we are most…
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The Odd Thing About Rabbit Holes (1)

The odd thing about rabbit holes (1): When you stick your head into one, you can never be certain where it will pop out again. Take the other day for example… In I went, and out I popped in a watering hole. I got some very odd looks from a few of the locals!
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The Legends of Europa: the Microwolves

The Micro-Wolves Varuna is a small, egg-shaped minor planet which orbits the Sun beyond the orbit of Neptune, and in Earth terms it takes approximately 279 years to complete one orbit. Also from Earth, Varuna seems to be constantly changing shape as it rotates rapidly, sometimes appearing oval, and at other times, circular. Varuna is…
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The Legends of Europa: the Glacierwolves

4. The Glacier-Wolves. Ganymede, the largest moon in the Solar System, is actually larger than Mercury, the smallest planet. Ganymede orbits Jupiter, and like her sister moons Europa and Io, she too plays host to a pack of unique wolves. Ganymede has a vast ocean, most of which is underground, or under-ice, but there are…
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Happy June!

Those White Rabbits are back. With a splash of blue, yellow, pink, purple and green, they must be decorating for the Summer. That, or they’ve been paintballing and just can’t get the colour out of their fur… Multicoloured Rabbits for June!