Imagine stepping outside to find a creature you thought only existed in cartoons: a bright, fuzzy, pink and yellow winged thing. Journalist and podcast host Rebecca Lavoie recently discovered not one, but two rosy maple moths on her deck, and the internet can’t believe they’re real. “This moth exists in nature and it’s ON MY DECK,” Lavoie tweeted. “No that’s arts and … [Read more...] about Rosy Maple Moths Are a Thing, and Twitter Is Freaking out Over Their Unreal Beauty
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Breathtaking Iridescence Fills the Sky Over Cocoa Beach, Florida
Social media has been buzzing with photos of a mesmerizing phenomenon that unfolded over Cocoa Beach, Florida, yesterday. The culprit? A stunning display of iridescence captured by friends and shared widely. A local meteorologist provided a scientific explanation for the spectacle. Iridescence occurs "when the sun is at just the right angle (typically lower in the sky)," … [Read more...] about Breathtaking Iridescence Fills the Sky Over Cocoa Beach, Florida
Three’s a crowd: How Baya Weaver birds fought over a nest and ended up hanging around
These three birds ruffled a few feathers when they tried hanging out together. The Baya Weaver birds got into a scuffle over a nest and ended up in a bizarre chain link. With its brightly coloured yellow crown, the male, who had built the nest, attempted to break up the disagreement between the two females. Photographer Krishnan Venkitachalam was photographing a colony … [Read more...] about Three’s a crowd: How Baya Weaver birds fought over a nest and ended up hanging around
Over 100 Never-Before-Seen Species Discovered Along Deep Sea Mountain Range
Off the Pacific coast of Chile, another world exists. More than 100 new species have been discovered on an underwater mountain range off the coast of Chile. Among the never-before-seen critters seen on the expedition are corals, glass sponges, sea urchins, amphipods, lobsters, plus a gaggle of peculiar fish and squid that are already known to science (but no less … [Read more...] about Over 100 Never-Before-Seen Species Discovered Along Deep Sea Mountain Range
Light pillar spotted over Mount Etna
There was a beautiful and rare spectacular event at Italy's Mt. Etna last week: a light pillar above the erupting volcano's crater. Usually, light pillars appear just after sunset or just before sunrise, however, this incredible sight was made visible by the reflection of the flowing magma in the volcano against ice crystals in the cirrus clouds high above the Sicilian … [Read more...] about Light pillar spotted over Mount Etna