Tag Archive | "evolution"
The Mystery of the Murdered Sea Mammals
The Galapagos Islands are world famous for their environment. Who is massacring sea lions on the Galapagos Islands? Image by Carlos Ponte But now it seems that the islands’ ecology and environment are being threatened by their own growing popularity, alien animal species, even
Continue reading...Elephants Evolve Smaller Tusks Due to Poaching
Sunday, January 20, 2008
A species’ evolution has long been thought to take thousands of years to produce seemingly minor changes. It appears that in at least one case, however, evolution is occurring at what seems
Continue reading...Mother Earth: The Evolution of Man
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Welcome to the 12th post in the series we’re calling Mother Earth. So far
Continue reading...Mother Earth: Mammals: The Underdogs Triumph
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Welcome to the 11th post in the series we’re calling Mother Earth. So far we’ve covered
Continue reading...Jurassic Fungus? Scientists Discover Ancient Carnivorous Fungus Encased in Amber
Sunday, December 16, 2007
In a scene eerily reminiscent of Jurassic Park, scientists have found an ancient flesh-eating fungus encased and preserved in a chunk of amber around 100 million years old. An unidentified fungus like creature in amber While the idea of a reanimated flesh eating fungus causing havoc on a private [...]
Continue reading...Mother Earth: When Fish Began to Walk
Friday, December 14, 2007
Welcome to the ninth post in the series we’re calling Mother Earth. So far we’ve covered
Continue reading...Mother Earth: Plants Rule the Land
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Welcome to the eighth post in the series we’re calling Mother Earth So far we’ve covered
Continue reading...Mother Earth: When the Sea Creature Was King
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Welcome to the seventh post in the series we’re calling Mother Earth. So far we’ve covered the big bang to the formation of Earth, volcanoes, the early atmosphere, water, ice, and the beginnings of life on Earth. Today, we’re going to discuss the rise of multi-celled organisms and [...]
Continue reading...Mother Earth: From Noxious Fumes to a Breath of Fresh Air
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Welcome to the third post in the series we’re calling Mother Earth. So far we have covered the Earth from the big bang to its earliest formation and the role of volcanoes in shaping our world. You can view the
Continue reading...The Poo Theory of Life
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Scientists have been attempting to explain the evolutionary explosion in the Cambrian period for decades, and I’ve found the absolute best explanation ever. Tiny ocean plankton The Cambrian period began a little over 500 million years ago. Before the Cambrian period, life
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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