Nature is constantly posing for that perfect shot. Many of us might be lucky to see it, but few are ever in the right position to capture the moment. Canadian photographer Steve Biro happened to be at the right place at just the right time. The result is a stunning image of a bald eagle skimming the surface of a pond at the Canadian Raptor Conservatory. … [Read more...] about This Incredibly Rare Photo of a Bald Eagle And Its Reflection Is Stunning The World
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Chinese Scientists Create Three Super Cows From Cloning
China claims it successfully cloned 3 ‘super cows.’ According to CBS News, Chinese scientists said they have successfully cloned three "super cow" calves that, once fully grown, are capable of producing 50% more milk than the average American cow. The cloning experiment began last year at Northwest University of Agricultural and Forestry Science and Technology in Shaanxi, … [Read more...] about Chinese Scientists Create Three Super Cows From Cloning
What It’s Like to Be Nearly Killed by a Blue-Ringed Octopus’ Venom
From the blue-ringed octopus’s perspective, your breathless screaming and vomiting aren’t her fault. This little lady—barely the length of a pencil, from tentacle tip to tentacle tip—was just lurking in a nice rock crevice on an Australian beach. With her mellow nature and yellowish-brown skin that matched the rocks, she was patiently waiting for a delicious crab to scuttle by. … [Read more...] about What It’s Like to Be Nearly Killed by a Blue-Ringed Octopus’ Venom
Two-Headed Sharks Are Sighted More and More and No One Knows Why
Animals with two heads? Yes, they appear in mythology and films, and we've heard a strange thing or two after nuclear disasters like Chernobyl, but isn't that it? No, it does not. Scientists are only guessing as to why two-headed sharks are becoming more common around the world. Longline fisherman Christopher Johnston was fishing in the Indian Ocean roughly 200 to 900 … [Read more...] about Two-Headed Sharks Are Sighted More and More and No One Knows Why
Fish Feel Pain Very Similarly To How We Do
People who fish for fun often like to tell concerned animal welfare advocates that in fact, fish can’t feel pain or have no nerves in their mouths. However, in a new review published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, Lynne Sneddon of Liverpool University dispels this myth, pointing out that our oceans' scaly inhabitants feel pain similarly to how we … [Read more...] about Fish Feel Pain Very Similarly To How We Do