GoPro cameras are known for their use in extreme sports, but this geek decided to strap one onto an eagle to create one of the most epic flying videos you’ll ever see online. It literally gives viewers a bird’s-eye perspective of a flight over the Mer de Glace, a glacier located in the Chamonix Valley in France. Product page. Continue reading for more.
SEGA’s Sonic the Hedgehog may have made the animal famous, but here are some things you won’t find in the video games. Starting off, did you know that similar to opossums, mice and moles, hedgehogs have some natural immunity against snake venom due to the protein erinacin in the animal’s muscular system? Continue reading for more.
Scientifically speaking, an arthropod refers to invertebrate animals that have an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages. They include all insects, arachnids, and crustaceans whose body consists of repeated segments, each with a pair of appendages. We have rounded up twenty-four extreme close-ups for your viewing enjoyment. Continue reading to see them all.
In technical terms, albinism is a congenital disorder characterized by the complete or partial absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes due to absence or defect of tyrosinase, a copper-containing enzyme involved in the production of melanin. Continue reading to see twenty-five more all-white animals that were captured by skilled photographers.
The oldest fossil “proto-frog” appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago. Now here are fourteen fun, personality-filled frogs like you’ve never seen before captured by skilled wildlife photographers.
Chemical ecologist Troy Alexander was recently away on a 3-month volunteer position for the Macaw Project, and while there, he stayed at one of the most remote Amazon Rainforest lodges in South America. It was at this place where he discovered “some kind of egg tower surrounded by a protective barrier (2 cm in diameter) that eerily resembles a white picket fence,” created by a mystery bug. Continue reading for more pictures and information.
In the fictional / mythological world, a shapeshifter refers to a person or animal with the ability to change their physical form at will. Now these images might prove that cats are shapeshifters of the natural world. Continue reading to see why.
The goblin shark (above) is a rare, poorly known species of deep-sea shark. Sometimes called a “living fossil”, it is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old. This species looks unlike any other shark, with a long flattened snout, highly protrusible jaws containing prominent nail-like teeth, and pink coloration. Continue reading to see more strange creatures from the deep you won’t believe exist.
You haven’t seen a cat with long fur, until you’ve seen Colonel Meow. According to Guinness World Records, this Himalayan-Persian cross-breed has fur that reaches 22.87cm (9in) and needs it brushed 2-3 times a week, taking both of its owners, Anne and Eric, to complete the job. Continue reading for a video.
No, this has nothing to do with aliens, but rather something that puffer fish use for mating. That’s right, “the more ridges built into the structure, the higher the chance the fish will mate. Additionally, the small rocks and seashells, so carefully dragged around the periphery of the circle, can serve as sources of nourishment for the small fish.” Continue reading for the video and more information.