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A Question Hidden in the Platypus Genome: Are We the Weird Ones?
Researchers have produced the most comprehensive platypus genome yet, as well as that of another monotreme, an echidna. Is the platypus the paragon of mammals? Researchers have produced the most comprehensive genomes yet of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) and echidna … Continue reading
Treeline
Patagonia Films presents: Treeline. Follow a group of skiers, snowboarders, scientists and healers to the birch forests of Japan, the red cedars of British Columbia and the bristlecones of Nevada, as they explore an ancient story written in rings. Directed … Continue reading
Boiúna | A Book of Creatures
Variations: Anaconda, Boi-úna, Cobra Grande, Cobra-grande, Eunectes murinus, Mae-d’agua, Mae-do-rio, Mboia-açu (“Large Snake”), Mboiúna; Mru-kra-o (Kayapo); Vai-bogo (Desana) Boiúna or Cobra Grande is one of the most widespread and polymorphic myths of the Amazon basin. The name is applied to concepts … Continue reading
Man Spends 40 Years Planting a Tree on Barren Island Every Day | My Modern Met
By Kelly Richman-Abdou on August 9, 2018 This man has been planting a tree every day, since he was 16 years old, and now the fruitless island is a giant forest that’s bigger than Central Park. In 1979, Jadav … Continue reading
How Sharks Use Electricity To Sense Prey
Sharks are some of the animal kingdom’s most feared hunters, thanks to a special sixth sense. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com There are two ways that animals use electroreception. They either use their own … Continue reading
Slo-Mo Captures Birds Eating Out of the Palm of Photographer’s Hand | My Modern Met
Birds come to this photographer and eat straight out of her hand. She’s like a real-life Cinderella! Wild birds don’t usually interact with people, and they often fly away if they hear even the slightest noise. However, Michigan-based photographer Jocelyn … Continue reading
On the Origins of Art I and II
“It doesn’t take a big a big brain to be an artist” states Maria Fernanda Cardoso, former Queen of the Fleas, now working with the most talented, charming — and tiny — Australian jumping spiders of the Maratus family, popularly … Continue reading
Hair ice: The strange phenomenon of ‘candy floss’ on trees | BBC News
The unusual phenomenon looks like candy floss on the trees – but touch it and it melts away. If you go down to the woods today for a winter walk, you could be in for a big surprise. People taking … Continue reading
Architects Worldwide Declare a Climate and Biodiversity Emergency
Architects Declare is a global initiative started in the UK that asks architects to demand a change for justice. In May 2019, 17 renowned architecture firms launched a declaration of a climate, justice, and biodiversity emergency now known as … Continue reading
3 bizarre (and delightful) ancient theories about bird migration
In 1822, Count von Bothmer shot down a stork in Germany. However, the bird had already been impaled by a yard-long wooden spear. The stork had been speared in Africa and then flew over 2,500 km. This astonishing flight proved … Continue reading
The little bird and the leaf – Animated short film by Lena von Döhren | Winter
A single yellow leaf hangs on the bare branch. A gust of wind blows and it begins to float through the white winter forest. In joyful pursuit, a little bird takes off into a breathtaking flight. In the meantime, a … Continue reading
Rhinos Comparison Size Living Extinct
White Rhino 1.Uintaceras radinscyi 2.Hyrachyus eximius 3.Hyracodon 4.Subhyracodon occidentalis 5.Diceratherium niobrarense 6.Aceratherium incisivum 7.Menoceras barbouri 8.Menoceras arikarensis 9.Prosantorhinus 10.Trigonias osborni 11.Teleoceras fossiger 12.Sumatran rhino 13.Stephanorhinus etruscus 14.Stephanorhinus hemitoechus 15.Sansirhinus ringstromi 16.Brachypotherium lewisi 17.Javan rhino 18.Black rhino 19.Juxia sharamurenense 20.Chilotherium 21.Metamynodon … Continue reading
