Happy shark week everyone! Marine biologists off the coast of British Columbia, Canada caught some rare shark behavior on film this week: "Footage … [Read more...] about Shark Uses Log as Scratching Post in Never-Before-Seen Behavior: WATCH
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Massive Manta Ray Asks Divers for Help in Heartwarming Viral Video: WATCH
A well-known, approximately 30-year-old massive Manta Ray in Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef known as Freckles surprised divers when she approached … [Read more...] about Massive Manta Ray Asks Divers for Help in Heartwarming Viral Video: WATCH
Ticks Spread Plenty More for You to Worry About Beyond Lyme Disease
When it comes to problems caused by ticks, Lyme disease hogs a lot of the limelight. But various tick species carry and transmit a collection of other … [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 … [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
Many fish, marine mammals and seabirds that inhabit the world’s oceans are critically endangered, but few are as close to the brink as the North … [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 … [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
From 78 degrees on Tuesday to snow on Wednesday? Swings like this aren’t unusual in the central United States, where weather can quickly shift from … [Read more...] about Why the Great Plains Has Such Epic Weather
Leonardo da Vinci Saw in Animals the ‘Image of the World’
About six months ago I stopped eating meat. I was teaching a graduate course at UCLA that investigated how Italian Renaissance writers conveyed their … [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 … [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
The Great Red Spot, a storm larger than the Earth and powerful enough to tear apart smaller storms that get drawn into it, is one of the most … [Read more...] about Jupiter’s Great Red Spot: A 300-Year-Old Cyclone Persists But is Shrinking