Roman Fedortsov has built a following of more than 600,000 people by doing one simple thing: showing the internet what actually comes up in a trawling net from the deep sea. His latest catch may be his most viral yet — a bloated, gray creature with an unmistakably "alien" face that had commenters only half-joking about extraterrestrial visitors. Meet the Real Sea … [Read more...] about A Fisherman Pulled Up a Bizarre “Alien” Creature From the Ocean Depths — Here’s What It Actually Is
Africa Is Breaking Apart Faster Than We Thought, Forming a New Ocean
Beneath a remote basin spanning Kenya and Ethiopia, geologists have found something that rewrites two stories at once: how fast a continent can tear itself apart, and why one small patch of East Africa became one of the richest fossil-hunting grounds on Earth. A Crust Thinner Than Anyone Expected The study, published in Nature Communications by lead author Christian Rowan … [Read more...] about Africa Is Breaking Apart Faster Than We Thought, Forming a New Ocean
Free Diver Spots A Jellyfish “The Length Of A Bus” Off Wales — And It’s A Sign Of Things To Come
A freediver off the coast of Wales came face-to-face with something he never expected to see in local waters — a jellyfish so large he could only compare it to a bus. "Three Turned To 10, Then To 20" Iestyn Morgan, a 21-year-old from Pembrokeshire, was swimming near Trefin Beach when he noticed tentacles drifting through the water around him. What started as a handful … [Read more...] about Free Diver Spots A Jellyfish “The Length Of A Bus” Off Wales — And It’s A Sign Of Things To Come
A New Survey Finds Nearly 1 in 3 People Cut Mold Off Produce and Eat the Rest — But Is That Actually Safe?
Cutting the mold off a peach and eating the rest feels like basic kitchen common sense — a little frugal, maybe, but careful. A new German government survey suggests that instinct might be giving people more confidence than the science actually supports. What the Survey Found Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) surveyed 1,000 people aged 16 and older in … [Read more...] about A New Survey Finds Nearly 1 in 3 People Cut Mold Off Produce and Eat the Rest — But Is That Actually Safe?
A Rescuer Was Called About a Dead Possum Stuck in a Fence — It Wasn’t Dead
A call about a dead animal usually ends with a rescuer confirming exactly that. On September 13, a volunteer with Hamilton Wildlife Shelter in Victoria, Australia, arrived expecting to do just that — and found something very different waiting between two metal gate posts. "I Don't Normally Go Out to Dead Possums" The shelter had received a report of a ringtail possum … [Read more...] about A Rescuer Was Called About a Dead Possum Stuck in a Fence — It Wasn’t Dead