8000 Year Old Puppy Frozen in Permafrost Puzzles Scientists An astonishing discovery has emerged from the depths of Siberian permafrost - an 18,000-year-old puppy named Dogor, which translates to 'friend' in the Yakut language. Unearthed by locals near the Indigirka River in the summer of 2018, this prehistoric pup's remains have left researchers perplexed due to genetic … [Read more...] about Scientists Are Baffled By An 18,000-Year-Old ‘Wolf-Dog’ Puppy Found Frozen In Siberia
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Scientists Are Astounded By A Hybrid Fish’s Birth Of Two Species That Last Coexisted As An Ancestor In The Jurassic
A new hybrid fish created through surprise fertilization in a fish nursery was bred from two species that are more distant from one another than humans and mice on the evolutionary tree. A recent study, described in the journal Genes, describes how sperm from an American paddlefish was able to fertilize the eggs of a Russian sturgeon, giving rise to an unheard-of hybrid … [Read more...] about Scientists Are Astounded By A Hybrid Fish’s Birth Of Two Species That Last Coexisted As An Ancestor In The Jurassic
This Unusual ‘Hair Ice’ Forms on Dead Wood, and Scientists Have Discovered How
Consider strolling through the woods and coming across a white wig in the middle of the road. When you touch it, though, it becomes clear that it is not a wig. Meet the one-of-a-kind "hair ice." Hair ice is ice that forms on dead wood and has the appearance of fine, silky hair. This natural phenomena, sometimes known as ice wool or frost beard, is rather unusual, having … [Read more...] about This Unusual ‘Hair Ice’ Forms on Dead Wood, and Scientists Have Discovered How
Scientists Use Camera Traps To Create The World’s Largest Photo Database Of Amazon Wildlife
We may never fully comprehend the vast beauty of the natural world. However, thanks to scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), we've taken another step toward understanding one small part of the planet. The organization set up hundreds of camera trap stations throughout the Amazon basin for conservation research, capturing images and video footage of wildlife … [Read more...] about Scientists Use Camera Traps To Create The World’s Largest Photo Database Of Amazon Wildlife
Scientists Believe They’ve Figured Out Why This Image Makes You Uncomfortable
The fear of a cluster of irregularly formed circles or holes, such as the holes in a sponge, honeycomb, or bubbles in a coffee cup, is known as trypophobia. These forms may appear harmless to most people, but for certain people, just seeing photos of these holes can cause extreme sensations of fear, anxiety, and aversion. The source of this disorder, according to … [Read more...] about Scientists Believe They’ve Figured Out Why This Image Makes You Uncomfortable