The Surprising Fragility of Shark Teeth
The Surprising Fragility of Shark Teeth: These gnashers may be no match for ocean acidity, as climate change gives marine pH a kick.| Nautilus
Recent findings reveal that hippos inhabited central Europe during the last ice age, contrary to previous beliefs of their earlier extinction. The post Hippos lived in Europe during the last ice age first appeared on Scientific Inquirer.| Scientific Inquirer
The Smithsonian website (Why the Octopus Brain is so Extraordinary) says: some scientists argue it could be the first intelligent being on the planet. They can complete puzzles, untie knots, open jars and toddler proof cases, and are expert escape artists from aquariums. livescience.com (Octopuses may be so terrifyingly smart because they share humans' genes for intelligence) calls them: terrifyingly smart I understand it is not very easy to define human intelligence either, but it is fair to...| Recent Questions - Skeptics Stack Exchange
Richard Dawkins— When, like that Mojave Desert lizard, an animal has its ancestral home painted on its back, our eyes give us an instant and effortless readout of the worlds... READ MORE The post How Did Animals Evolve to Camouflage? appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Reflections from those who knew the primatologist best The post The Indomitable Jane Goodall appeared first on Nautilus.| Nautilus
The secret lies in our shared language of gestures The post How to Get an Elephant’s Attention appeared first on Nautilus.| Nautilus
Many sources claim Pablo Escobar lost 10% of his money yearly to rats, at one time totalling $2.1 billion a year. At His Peak Pablo Escobar Was Losing $2.1 Billion A Year Due To Rats Eating Money In Storage (Barstool Sports, 2015) Known as the “king of cocaine”, Escobar’s wealth was so immense that he stashed piles of cash in Colombian farming fields, dilapidated warehouses, and in the walls of cartel members’ homes, according to Roberto Escobar, the cartel’s chief accountant and th...| Recent Questions - Skeptics Stack Exchange
Popular facebook group Nature isn’t always kind and cuddly. A study showed that sea otters will restrain baby seals and then begin copulation; sometimes drowning it during the 105-minute-long process. Even after the seal is dead, the otter will hang on to the carcass and continue to mate with it for up to a week. I read this post on "I fucking love science"-group on facebook. Is it really true sea otter rape baby seals to the death?| Recent Questions - Skeptics Stack Exchange
The Surprising Fragility of Shark Teeth: These gnashers may be no match for ocean acidity, as climate change gives marine pH a kick.| Nautilus
Putting Humans First Is Not Natural: Author Christine Webb on her 3 greatest revelations while writing The Arrogant Ape| Nautilus
Here is a little science experiment anyone can do to help understand the physics of marine animals and their buoyancy. It helps give insight into how animals such as ancient ammonites and now cuttlefish can move up and down at will just by changing the density of internal fluids.* (See Ammonite propulsion of underwater robots). … Continue reading An experiment in buoyancy→| cs4fn
Image by M W from Pixabay Intending to make a marine robot that will operate under the ocean? Time to start learning, not just engineering and computing, but the physics of marine biology! And, it …| cs4fn
Make ocean-themed learning fun with these printable ocean playdough cards! Includes 15 different sea animals in color and black & white. Great for fine motor skills and sensory play.| My Joy-Filled Life
When we think of lizards, images of agile, scaly creatures often come to mind, scuttling across rocks or darting through the underbrush. However, the Eastern Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis) is an enigmatic reptile that defies these expectations. Stretching from 18 to 43 inches (46 to 108 cm) in length, these legless wonders could easily be […] Read More| Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens
Image by geraldrose from Pixabay There are many myths and stories about how different animals gained their distinctive patterns. In 1901, Rudyard Kipling wrote a “Just So Story…| cs4fn
This podcast celebrates the past, present and future of the Hunterian Zoology Museum located in the Graham Kerr Building at the University of Glasgow. And who better than our Museum’s specialist curator to reveal the life and times of this majestic place? In this Naturally Speaking episode, Maggie Reilly tells Naturally Speaking editor Martina Quaggiotto […]| Naturally Speaking
