Not every day you encounter something mysterious and alive in a trash can, but that’s exactly what happened here. At first glance, they looked like lifeless green scraps destined to decompose, yet something about them caught my eye. Could these abandoned plants hold a secret or perhaps an unexpected transformation waiting to unfold? I took …
It’s Sunday afternoon and you want to go diamond mining? Well now is your chance! If you’re looking for an exciting and different kind of adventure, you might be interested in Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. Once a volcanic crater transformed the 37-acre field, it is one of the largest parks in Arkansas, …
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Subsequent research by Australian scientists revealed that other animals also glow under UV light, including marsupials, the first accidental discovery by American scientists that platypuses glow. After reading a publication in Mammalia about the platypus’s surprising nocturnal glow, Dr. Kenny Travouillon from the Western Australian Museum did a little experiment. As curator of mammals, he …
Wolves and ravens have a unique relationship, with the former being referred to as “wolf birds” in several cultures. These two amazing animals have formed a unique symbiotic relationship that has lasted for generations. The common raven (Corvus corax) and wolves have a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship. Because wolves are skilled hunters, they often leave …
Jonathan is the oldest known living land animal in the world, he is 192 years old and lives on the small island of St. Helena in the Atlantic.Along with three other almost fifty-year-old tortoises, a giant tortoise was brought to the island in 1882 from the Seychelles. Its age can be estimated from the fact …
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A huge water storm that resembled a scene from a sci-fi movie ripped through Tampa Bay, Florida. Joey Mole was in his house when a huge spiral of air and water emerged, rising from the clouds and pulling the water toward the sky. Acting quickly, Mole reached for his iPhone to quickly snap breathtaking pictures …
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