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10 Spectacular Bees Native To The U.S.
Published on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 by Honeybees aren't native to U.S., but these other amazing bees are. And they contribute to pollinating delicious American crops such as pumpkins, blueberries and tomatoes. Halictus ligatus, Female Covered in pollen. From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anthophora affabilis, Female Collected in Badlands National Park in South Dakota. Augochloropsis anonyma, Mal...
Unusual Animal Pictures That Will Make You Look Again
Published on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 by Unusual Animal Pictures that look like a ilusion. Source:  ...
What Mice Do When You’re Not Looking
Published on Monday, June 17, 2013 by 24/7 trackers give researchers insight into how mice mate, form social hierarchies, and more. Behold the rodent equivalent of 'Big Brother.' Turns out Americans aren't the only ones getting spied on lately. By hooking up groups of mice with precise trackers, researchers have gotten a closer look at how societies form. At least in mice, the answer is: fast. W...
Nature’s 10 Best Dads
Published on Sunday, June 16, 2013 by We all know our own fathers are deserving of annual praise, but nature is full of unappreciated fathers as well. From seahorses to great hornbills to giant water bugs, the planet is covered with loving, dedicated dads. Sandgrouse Wikimedia Commons Sandgrouses – pigeon-like, ground dwelling birds – typically live in dry areas or deserts. These habitats prese...
Deucy, a Two-Faced Kitten, is Born in Oregon, Becomes Internet Star
Published on Saturday, June 15, 2013 by That's right, an extremely rare, two-faced kitten was born in Amity, Oregon, on Tuesday. According to Stephanie Durkee, the owner of both the female kitten and its mother, took the two-faced cat to a vet, who say she's in good health. Deucy was initially rejected by her mother, so she's been feeding her warmed kitten formula from a syringe. Yahoo News reports t...
World’s Oldest Primate Fossil Discovered
Published on Thursday, June 13, 2013 by Recovered from sedimentary rock strata deposited in an ancient Chinese lake roughly 55 million years ago, Archicebus achilles provides a key link in the history of human evolution. A tiny, beady-eyed, long-tailed primate with hand-like feet is now the world’s oldest known fossil primate skeleton. In a study to be released in the journal Nature this week, an i...
5 Hilarious Look Alikes
Published on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 by Kim Kardashian and a Killer Whale Nicki Minaj and Lime Cat Katy Perry and a Peacock This lady and a caterpillar Sarah Jessica Parker and this dog   Source:  ...
Brave diver keeps his cool as he is circled by 8ft man-eating sharks in crystal clear Caribbean waters
Published on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 by A relaxed diver drifts with the ocean current - as a fearsome 8ft killer shark circles around him.But Vincent Canabal, 34, seems unphased by the oceanic whitetip - despite the species being thought responsible for the most human deaths by sharks in history. The powerful hunters have a grisly reputation for dining on shipwrecked sailors - most famously during the si...
Amazonian Treasure Trove Yields New Bird Species
Published on Monday, June 10, 2013 by The Amazon rainforest, a well-known epicenter of biodiversity, has offered up another trove of riches. The treasure takes the form of 15 newly described bird species.   Arapaçu-de-bico-torto, which loosely translates to crooked-beaked woodcreeper. This bird most closely resembles a Curve-Billed Scythebill (Campylorhamphus procurvoides), said Tom Schulenberg, a...
8 Amazing Heritage Turkey Breeds
Published on Saturday, June 8, 2013 by The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy lists 8 Heritage Turkeys – naturally delicious heirloom breeds that once teetered on the edge of extinction. Black Turkey Black Turkeys are also known as “Black Spanish” turkeys, as the breed can be traced back to native birds brought back to Spain by 16th century explorers. European emigrants to the New World subs...
Giant Florescent Pink Slugs Found
Published on Tuesday, June 4, 2013 by This giant fluorescent pink slug from a mountaintop in Australia was just recently identified as a variety of the species Triboniophorus aff. Graeffei. The pink slug of Mount Kabutar in New South Wales, Australia is rarely seen, as it is confined to this one remote area of land and only comes out at night. Park ranger Michael Murphy took photos of the seldom...
13 Types Of Shaved Animals
Published on Monday, June 3, 2013 by The weather’s heating up and the fur is coming off, along with some inevitable loss of dignity. The squeezed tube of toothpaste: The blissfully unaware bobble head: The king of the jungle: The tell-us-how-you-REALLY-feel: The silent loss of dignity: The creepy-ass ferret being a creepy-ass ferret: The saddest/cutest little llama: ...
21 LOL Animal Pics
Published on Sunday, June 2, 2013 by LOL Animal Pics – enjoy watching. Source:  ...
Canadian Geographic’s 2012 Wildlife Photography of the Year
Published on Saturday, June 1, 2013 by Running from May 15th through July 7th, 2013, the Canadian Museum of Nature‘s exhibit highlighting winners and runners-up from the 2012 Canadian Geographic Wildlife Photography of the Year contest showcases wondrous works from a wide range of amateur and professional Canadian nature photographers. Prairie Doggin’ It Amazing photography by a amateur photograp...
The 10 Coolest Species Discovered In 2012
Published on Friday, May 31, 2013 by Cercopithecus lomamiensis, Lesula Monkey People living near remote forests in the Democratic Republic of Congo have long known about this melancholy-looking fellow. It calls loudly at dawn and males have bright blue butts and testicles. People hunt and eat lesulas and scientists consider their status vulnerable. Chondrocladia lyra, Lyre Sponge This stellar ...
Beautiful Close-Up Underwater Photos of Luminous Sea Creatures
Published on Thursday, May 30, 2013 by Photographer Joshua Lambus has put together a beautiful series of photographs showing luminous creatures of the deep glowing with light against a pitch-black background. The project is titled “Blackwater.” The photographs were captured in the ocean during the Hawaii-based photographer’s deep dives. Here are some of the beautiful photographs found in the serie...
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