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Bad omen? Tower of London raven missing, feared dead | Guardian
Merlina, known as the queen of the Tower of London’s ravens, has not been seen for weeks. Photograph: Tower of London/Twitter Legend says at least six ravens must be kept at the castle or the kingdom will fall One of … Continue reading
Spectacular ‘tree of life’ found in Australian lake
Amateur photographer Derry Moroney stumbled across massive patterns in Lake Cakora, on Australia’s New South Wales north coast, while taking aerial photographs with his drone. Watch: Spectacular ‘tree of life’ found in Australian lake
Running into WILD POLAR BEARS in Canada!
Filmed in October before the travel ban, and I had the most incredible experience with the polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. If you ever get the chance to go up North, you have to go! You won’t regret it. … Continue reading
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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
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