At nearly 200 meters below the ice, there is no light, the temperature is way below 0 degrees, and scientists were expecting to find nothing more than a handful of microbes - and for good reason. So it’s easy to understand why they were so surprised to find not a single (evolved) life form, but [...]
Monday, March 15, 2010
This is in fact the 5th part of a series you can find uploaded by this user, but I find that even by itself, it explains the major aspects of evolution in plain language and with great detail and talent; narrated by David Attenborough.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
If you like lions, or watching natural documentaries, the odds are you’ve heard of George Adamson. Nicknamed “Baba ya Simba” (Father of Lions), Adamson lived an amazing life. Best known for his award winning documentary Born Free, he managed to live among lions and make them treat him as equals, resulting in a relationship of [...]
Thursday, February 25, 2010
On the night of July 9, 1958, an earthquake struck Fairweather Fault in the Alaska Panhandle. The result was that about 30.6 million cubic meters of rock were loosened, being thrown from a height of 914 meters down onto the water mass. The impact generated a tsunami that crashed against the shoreline of Gilbert Inlet. [...]
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Well I have to say, I’m really thrilled about the Winter Olympics that have just started, and even though they don’t get as much hype as the Summer Olympics, they still attract tens of millions viewers (or even more). It’s also really great to see they’re being held in a city like Vancouver. Why am [...]
Monday, February 8, 2010
Boy I’ve gotta tell you, my jaw really dropped when I heard this one. There are actual lakes, on the bottom of oceans, especially in the Gulf of Mexico region; they’ve got their own shores and all. The brine water of these lakes actually hosts unique wildlife, creating an absolutely amazing environment. The fact that [...]
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Yes ladies and gents, giant squids are all over the California beaches. Each of the squids weighs about 40 pounds, but some of them reach 60 and even more than that. I haven’t been able to find out what’s up with them, or why they gathered in such numbers, but according to scientists, this happens [...]
Friday, January 29, 2010
Just a short while ago, I was telling you about the extremely worrying decline of the Siberian tigers (and not just them). It’s obvious that if nothing changes, the odds are they’ll be going extinct, perhaps even during our lifetime (which is the case for numerous mammals, actually. Russia and a dozen other Asian countries [...]
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
National Geographic captured perhaps the most complex tree crown ever to be caught on film. They had to “stitch” together 84 images in order to get it all to fit, and what a result it is! Definitely one of the most amazing pics I’ve seen. Michael Nichols took the picture, which you can find in [...]
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
At a first glance, this doesn’t seem like much. Just an animal rescued. But if you look more carefully, I think you’ll find it’s more than this; it’s a symbol. A symbol of how people don’t care about animals, regardless of how rare they are and how well they can take care of themselves. This three [...]
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