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Most people will have heard the lyrics, "Mud, mud, glorious mud!" at some point, as it's such a fun chorus that seems to have been around forever. Popularly nicknamed "The Mud Song", its real title is The Hippopotamus Song. Written...

© CC0 Public Domain The mid-20th century is remembered as being America's golden era of animation, when the famous Looney Tunes cartoon characters were born. Warner Bros studios launched Looney Tunes in 1930, introducing many comic characters in a series...

The humble bee might be small, but it plays a vital role in the future of our planet. Wild bees pollinate food crops and other plants, but they are in global decline - and this spells trouble ahead when it...

The popular children's song, Teddy Bears' Picnic, written in the early 20th century, is composer John Bratton's only enduring hit. Conjuring up images of friendly teddy bears having a big party in the woods, it started out as a musical...

There are plenty of ants around at this time of year, particularly when the weather is very hot. Fascinating creatures, they work together to run an efficient social community. The life of an ant is a busy one, as they...

Winnie the Pooh’s delightful tales of friendship and childhood, written by English author Alan Alexander Milne, are as relevant today as they were in the 1920s - “Willy, nilly, silly old bear!” Best known by his pen-name AA Milne, the...

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" is perhaps one of the most famous opening lines of a poem. It is certainly the best-known sonnet penned by England's most renowned playwright and poet, William Shakespeare. The great Bard wrote...

While people all over the world have been staying at home due to the coronavirus lockdown, wild animals have taken advantage of the empty streets by venturing into towns and city centres. Scientists have labelled lockdown the great "anthropause" in...