Tag Archive | "Ecology"
Two “Extinct” Species Discovered
Twice in the last 36 hours there’s been an announcement that a once-extinct species is still walking the Earth, despite our best efforts against it. Javan, or Malay? You decide. Image from guideborneo First there was Swinshoe’s softshell turtle, and then the Javan Elephant. Is this [...]
Continue reading...Dakeekathlrimjingia Point Just Rolls Off The Tounge, Doesn’t It?
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Alaska, one of the few places on the North American continent where names predating the arrival of European settlers are still in common use, is updating its registry of place names. Image from Rick Clark on Flickr This will no doubt shed more light on the living history of [...]
Continue reading...Science: We Were Wrong, And We Can’t Explain This
Friday, April 11, 2008
As so often happens in research, years and years of effort have been expended operating under the assumption that the sea sponge is the animal at the base of the “tree of life”, only to find out that that assumption is completely wrong. Image from Charlene S-J on [...]
Continue reading...Homeless Bees Storm Georgia Home
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
In a scene reminiscent of a horror movie, Kelly Krivsky was at home, minding her own business, when suddenly a low buzz overtook her home. Image from greenkyak on Flickr
Continue reading...Wild Turkeys Assail Postmen
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Madison, Wisconsin. Postmen have been under assault in recent months from a raving band of turkeys, who have taken it upon themselves to peck at and spur the town’s mail carriers, even going so far as to enter their mail trucks and strike the driver. Image from banjoelknap [...]
Continue reading...Frog With No Lungs Discovered
Monday, April 7, 2008
Scientists in Borneo have been “gasping for air” according to New Scientist. Ironic, as they’ve discovered a frog that doesn’t have any lungs at all, but rather absorbs oxygen through its skin. Definitely not the frog. Image from Thomas Hawk on Flickr This biological wonder, however, [...]
Continue reading...Hawk Attacks Little Girl
Friday, April 4, 2008
Ah, Boston. Home to the Celtics, the Red Sox, 40 year-old men who go by “Tommy” and “Jimmy”, and now, a fierce predator that picks off preteen girls with extreme prejudice. He sees your Jonas Brothers t-shirt, little girl, and it makes him angry. Grarr. [...]
Continue reading...Flying Penguins Discovered and Captured on Film
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
BBC camera crews discovered something absolutely incredible… They were filming a colony of Adélie penguins on King Geoerge Island, around 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands, when the weather took a turn for the worse.
Continue reading...Woman on Cheetah Attack: Meh
Monday, March 31, 2008
It’s said that when you truly enjoy your job, you can’t wait to get out in the morning, and that going to work feels like going to play a game, or visit a friend. Image from euan_pics on flickr Obviously, the owner of a Florida wildlife preserve is drinking [...]
Continue reading...Man Walks Out of Aquarium With Crocodile; Nobody Cares
Monday, March 31, 2008
Occasionally, a criminal act so audacious will take take place that I think the criminal should simply be let off without punishment; train robberies, hits on Las Vegas casinos– and now the theft of a crocodile from the Bergen Aquarium in Oslo. Image from lunarsea71 on Flickr
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Friday, April 18, 2008
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