A well-known, approximately 30-year-old massive Manta Ray in Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef known as Freckles surprised divers when she approached them and paused, appearing to ask for … [Read more...] about Massive Manta Ray Asks Divers for Help in Heartwarming Viral Video: WATCH
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Ticks Spread Plenty More for You to Worry About Beyond Lyme Disease
There’s a short window between when a tick bites and when it passes on bacteria or virus. MSU Ag Communications, Courtesy Dr. Tina Nations, CC BY-ND When it comes to problems caused by … [Read more...] about Ticks Spread Plenty More for You to Worry About Beyond Lyme Disease
Trophy Hunter ‘Proud’ of Killing ‘Majestic’ Giraffe She Made into Throw Pillows: ‘They Are Put Here for Us’ — WATCH
Trophy Hunter Tess Talley spoke with CBS This Morning about the viral photo she took in 2017 posing with a giraffe she had killed. After posing with the decorative pillows she had made with him, … [Read more...] about Trophy Hunter ‘Proud’ of Killing ‘Majestic’ Giraffe She Made into Throw Pillows: ‘They Are Put Here for Us’ — WATCH
High-Tech Fishing Gear Could Help Save Critically Endangered Right Whales
"Right Whale At Sea" by animalrescueblog is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 Many fish, marine mammals and seabirds that inhabit the world’s oceans are critically endangered, … [Read more...] about High-Tech Fishing Gear Could Help Save Critically Endangered Right Whales
Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, Perhaps the Last Female of the Species, Dies in China Zoo Leaving 3 Known Left in the World
China's last female Yangtze giant softshell turtle died over the weekend at the Suzhou Zoo. She was the last known female of her species. Only three others are known to exist, one at the Suzhou Zoo … [Read more...] about Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, Perhaps the Last Female of the Species, Dies in China Zoo Leaving 3 Known Left in the World
Why the Great Plains Has Such Epic Weather
Blizzard conditions cover the Central and Northern Plains on March 13, 2019. NASA Earth Observatory From 78 degrees on Tuesday to snow on Wednesday? Swings like this aren’t unusual in the … [Read more...] about Why the Great Plains Has Such Epic Weather
Leonardo da Vinci Saw in Animals the ‘Image of the World’
From cats to dragonflies, Leonardo sketched scores of animals. Leonardo da Vinci/Royal Collection Trust About six months ago I stopped eating meat. I was teaching a graduate course at UCLA … [Read more...] about Leonardo da Vinci Saw in Animals the ‘Image of the World’
Tourists in Iceland Run for Safety as Glacier Collapses: WATCH
Tourists standing at the edge of a lagoon at the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier in Iceland ran for safety on Sunday after a massive wall of ice calved and sent a wave to the opposite shore. Nobody was … [Read more...] about Tourists in Iceland Run for Safety as Glacier Collapses: WATCH
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: A 300-Year-Old Cyclone Persists But is Shrinking
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/ Gerald Eichstädt /Seán Doran The Great Red Spot, a storm larger than the Earth and powerful enough to tear apart smaller storms that get drawn … [Read more...] about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: A 300-Year-Old Cyclone Persists But is Shrinking
Marine Biologists Pull 88 Pounds of Plastic from Whale’s Stomach: WATCH
A juvenile Cuvier's beaked whale which washed up on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao had 88 pounds of plastic waste in its stomach which marine biologists extracted in a devastating display … [Read more...] about Marine Biologists Pull 88 Pounds of Plastic from Whale’s Stomach: WATCH
