Posts tagged animals
Ugly Animals That Need Saving Too
The recently formed Ugly Animal Preservation Society (UAPS) is, according to its president Simon Watt, “dedicated to raising the profile of some of Mother Nature’s more aesthetically challenged children. The panda gets too much attention.” Watt, who is also an evolutionary biologist, and his team definitely did not showcase cute and furry pandas at recent UAPS events held at the Edinburgh Science Fest and Bristol’s Big Green Week. Media attention instead was paid to animals such as the appropriately named blobfish.
5 Critters with Book (and Movie) Deals
Awesome, Henri has a book… Check out some other rather chatty animals who are making waves.
A dolphin has found a 130 year-old torpedo! Is there anything Flipper can’t do? Find out more from DNews’ Anthony!
How Penguins Lost Their Ability to Fly
Penguins lost their ability to fly millions of years ago, and now a new study explains why — the birds became lean and mean diving machines, trading flight for such skills. Read more
ORLY?! You keep telling yourself that. Penguins fly just fine!
Gallery: Funniest-Faced Monkeys
I’m pretty sure they’d find us funny-looking too….
This Year’s Cicadas: A 90s Retro Re-mix
In 1996, the top box office film, “Independence Day” wasn’t the only invasion by bizarre creatures, nor was the remix resurrection of the “Macarena” the only sound grating upon the ear drums of Americans on the East Coast. The Brood II cicadas arose from the soil in screeching droves that year.
Sautéed cicada, anyone? Might need some salt.
Top 10 Animal Mysteries and Myths Explained
Fairy circles, crop circles, the Loch Ness Monster, the Chupacabra are all mysteries at first glance…. but many have mundane answers. But other mysteries have explanations that are as outlandish as the myths themselves.
Two-Headed Shark Fetus Netted by Fisherman
When a fisherman caught a bull shark recently off the Florida Keys, he came across an unlikely surprise: One of the shark’s live fetuses had two heads. Read more…
Mom Feeds Her Own Skin to Young
Mothers the world over sacrifice a lot for their kids, but one of the most giving moms has to be a newly discovered amphibian mom that feeds her own skin to her offspring.
Um… yum?
It’s time for the Spring Peepers! Aren’t they cute? View the whole gallery
The Earliest Dogs
A pointer named “Major” was identified this week as the first known example of a modern dog. A description of the dog was found in a now-obscure 1865 edition of a Victorian journal called The Field. It marks the earliest reported dog breed based on physical form and pedigree.
