All humans have the ability to see ultraviolet light, but it is passively filtered out by the eye's lens. People who undergo surgery to remove the lens can detect ultraviolet light.
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Some farmers in Kenya are using elephants' natural fear of bees and building "beehive fences" that keep wild elephants from trampling the crops. It keeps the farms safe, and prevents farmers from having to kill elephants to defend their livelihood!
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Cuban rescue workers use sniffer rabbits to find people in collapsed buildings.
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While pumpkins are typically orange, they can also be green, white, red, gray, and even blue.
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Macaques monkeys in Japan learned to steal purses and wallets, take out the coins, and use them to buy drinks and snacks from vending machines.
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MDIF, a New York based non-profit organisation, is planning to beam free Wi-Fi to the entire world from space.
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