Hiking and camping fanatics know all too well the risks of a tick bite. Ticks are tiny but carry mighty illnesses, including Lyme disease. They thrive in heavily wooded areas across the U.S., and although there's greater risk in the Northeast, the Midwest, and the Mid-Atlantic regions, cases of tick-borne diseases are reported in every state in the nation. In 2022, the … [Read more...] about Lyme disease is becoming a bigger problem. Which states have the most cases?
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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
According To a New Study, Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Is Becoming More Unstable As It Melts
The Thwaites glacier in western Antarctica, dubbed the "doomsday glacier," has the capacity to ruin the entire planet. NASA believes that if it melted, it would raise sea levels by 0.5 meters, around the size of the United Kingdom (1.6 feet). More concerning is the likely cascade of ice melt, since the glaciers currently shielded from the rising ocean by Thwaites' presence … [Read more...] about According To a New Study, Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Is Becoming More Unstable As It Melts
One Of The First Beavers In London In 400 Years Has Been Discovered Dead After Becoming Extinct
One of the two Eurasian beavers reintroduced into Britain after they became extinct 400 years ago has died. A male and female pair of beavers were released three months ago at a country park in Enfield, north London, as part of a plan to restore the species to the UK. Eurasian beavers were previously common in Europe and Asia, but they were driven to near extinction, with … [Read more...] about One Of The First Beavers In London In 400 Years Has Been Discovered Dead After Becoming Extinct
Woman Saves Sable From Becoming Someone’s Coat and Decides to Give it a Loving Home
Zhenya was perusing the internet one day when she came across a photo of a wild sable and quickly fell in love with it. The sable, whose silky fur is some of the most sought after and expensive in the world, was the next in line to be slaughtered at a Russian fur farm. Zhenya set out to save the adorable creature, telling us: "Eventually, I discovered that there … [Read more...] about Woman Saves Sable From Becoming Someone’s Coat and Decides to Give it a Loving Home