Nature

What is a bustard: a fish, an insect or a bird?

Bird

What is a titmouse: a rodent, a bird or an insect?

Bird

What type of fruit does the "pyrus" tree carry?

Pears

Which is the most venomous fish in the world?

Reef stonefish

Which underwater animal of the Porifera group lacks muscles, nerves and internal organs?

Sponge

Extracts of what yellow flowering wild plantare used to treat symptoms of depression?

St John's wort

Which frog is known for its courtship call which sounds like the roar of a much bigger animal?

The bullfrog

Which animal is also known as a "ship of the desert"?

The camel

What is the uppermost level of a forest called?

The canopy

Which scavenger native to North America is a dog, but resembles a wolf?

The coyote

Which current carnivore has evolved from the extinct teleosaurus?

The crocodile

Which famous flightless bird was hunted to extinction 300 years ago?

The dodo

Which is the world's tallest living animal?

The giraffe

Which is the largest ape in the world?

The gorilla

What is the collective name of a group of clams?

A bed of clams

What is a tapaculo: a fish, a rodent or a bird?

A bird

What is a "red admirat", an ape, a butterfly or a bird?

A butterfly

What is an "Aberdeen Angus": a dog, a cow or a sheep?

A cow

What do we call the young of a deer?

A fawn (or calf)

What type of animal is a barracuda?

A fish

What kind of birds spend the winter in places other than those where they hatched their young?

A gazelle (Tibetan gazelle)

A caterpillar inside a cocoon is known as what?

A pupa

Which colorful phenomenon appears at a 42degree angle to the rays of the sun?

A rainbow

What is a Manx cat missing?

A tail

What is a "panthera tigris"?

A tiger

On which continent does the black rhinoceros live?

Africa

What is the biggest snake in the world called?

Anaconda

Which fruit does the "malus" tree carry?

Apples

What is the collective term for a group of caterpillars: colony, army or horde?

Army

On which continent does the water buffalo have its natural habitat?

Asia

Which is the only mammal that can fly?

Bat

What color is the skin of a gorilla?

Black

What do you call baby whales?

Calves

Which land animal is the fastest in the world?

Cheetah

Where do goldfish originate from?

China

What do home gardeners make and use for fertilizer?

Compost

To which snake family does the boa belong?

Constrictor snakes

What type of clouds produce hail; cumulonimbus, cirrostratus or nimbostratus?

Cumulonimbus

Which yellow plant that has the meaning "lion's tooth" is a bane to most gardeners?

Dandelion

As its name suggests, what is the most poisonous toadstool?

Death cap

What is the name given to trees that lose their leaves annually?

Deciduous

Which tick transmits Lyme disease to people?

Deer tick

What type of habitat are the Karoo, the Negev and the Gobi?

Deserts

Which mineral that is an allotrope of carbon is the hardest naturally occurring substance?

Diamond

What are the biggest land animals called that ever lived: mammoths, dinosaurs or dodos?

Dinosaurs

Which pet has the Latin name "canis familiaris"?

Dog

Which Australian semi-aquatic mammal lays eggs to produce its young?

Duck-billed platypus

Name the herbal extract from the Purple Coneflower that may reduce the risk of catching a cold.

Echinacea

When a weasel's brown coat turns white in winter, what is the weasel called?

Ermine

What do camels store in their humps: water, fat or blood?

Fat

Though some people think they're weasels, this endangered species is really a "Black-footed..." what?

Ferret

After a tadpole loses its tail and starts to grow legs, the young frog is known as a what?

Froglet

Which science deals with the study of the Earth, including the composition, structure and origin of its rocks?

Geology

Which plant belonging to the genus "panax" can also be found in some energy drinks?

Ginseng

Named after a biblical giant, what is the heaviest insect in the world?

Goliath beetle

Which insect can jump the furthest?

Grasshopper

What fearsome fish goes by the Latin name "carcharodon carcharias"?

Great White Shark

Which animal was also called the bamboo bear?

Great panda

Name the natural process by which the atmosphere traps energy from the sun to keep the planet warm.

Greenhouse effect

Which Greek word describes an organism that camies characteristics of both scres?

Hermaphrodite

Which cycle prompts warm-blooded animals, such as bears, to lower their temperature, slow their breathing and heart rate?

Hibernation

Which other mammal, apart from humans, grows milk teeth followed by adult teeth?

Horse

What are the only birds capable of flying backwards?

Hummingbirds

Which is the tallest breed of dog?

Irish wolfhound

What do you look at on a horse in order to determine its age?

Its teeth

What is the name given to the apple that is a cross between a Golden Delicious and a Jonathan?

Jonagold

What is the largest lizard in the world called?

Komodo dragon

What seemingly depressed rodents are known for their march to the sea at which they drown themselves?

Lemmings

Beavers are known for their dam-building abilities, but what are their homes called?

Lodges

Despite its use in cigarettes, which substance gives peppermint its healing properties?

Menthol

What is a goa: a buffalo, a gazelle or a rodent?

Migratory birds

To which group in the animal kingdom do mussels, clams and oysters belong?

Mollusks

How many humps does a dromedary camel have?

One

What is the only marsupial native to the United States?

Opossum

Meaning "little pod," the vanilla plant is a member of which plant family?

Orchid

What are most wasp nests made of?

Paper

Are wild gorillas plant eaters, meat eaters or both?

Plant eaters

What animal, often pictured stuck on a small piece of floating ice, can actually swim for 60 miles?

Polar bear

What substance is produced by the anthers of seed-bearing plants?

Pollen

Morphine and codeine are two pain-relieving drugs made from which flower?

Poppy

What is a baby porcupine called?

Porcupette

What is the group of mammals called to which apes and humans both belong to?

Primates

What is the order of prehistoric flying reptiles called?

Pterosaurs

Which is the longest breed of snake?

Python

By what name is the tree "ficus elastica better known?

Rubber tree

Which big cat with two long, sharp teeth became extinct around 10,000 years ago?

Saber tooth tiger

From which desert does the sirocco wind originate?

Sahara

To which family of fish does the trout belong?

Salmon

Sandstone, shale and chalk are all types of which rock?

Sedimentary

How do chimpanzees greet one another: by shaking hands, stomping on the ground or rubbing their noses together?

Shaking hands

Which term is used to describe the pattern by which two different organisms live together for their mutual benefit?

Symbiosis

What are the arms of an octopus called?

Tentacles

Which Atlantic ocean current carries more water every second than all of the world's rivers put together?

The Gulf Stream

Which species of dolphin can grow up to 10 meters long?

The killer whale (orcinus orca)

Which bird cannot fly but is well-suited to cold water?

The penguin

Which shark is the largest fish in the world?

The whale shark

How many hearts does an octopus have one, two or three?

Three

Which dinosaur was named after the three horns on its head?

Triceratops

Which land animal species lives the longest?

Turtle

Which large elephant-like pre-historic animal lived in the arctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America?

Woolly mammoth