Nile Crocodiles Found Really Far Out of Africa. In Florida.
The Nile crocodile, which inhabits sub-Saharan Africa, can grow to 21 feet long and weigh one and a half tons. It eats just about anything — including humans.Now four have been found in Florida, although none were that large. They were probably brought from South Africa and kept as pets or zoo displays. One was a hatchling about a foot long sitting on a porch in Miami. Another was found on the property of a private zoo in Homestead, Fla., and a third, a 10-pound female, was captured in a p..>> view originalTrump seeks wall at Irish golf course threatened by rising seas
Donald Trump appears to have shifted his views on climate change. It's another example of Trump changing his stance on an issue. (EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AFP/Getty Images). BY Adam Edelman. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Monday, May 23, 2016, ...>> view original5000-Year-Old Chinese Beer Recipe Revealed
Chinese beer brands on display at a supermarket. An ancient brewery discovered in China's Central Plain shows the Chinese were making barley beer with fairly advanced techniques some 5,000 years ago. Chris/Flickr hide caption toggle caption Chris/Flickr Chinese beer brands on display at a supermarket. An ancient brewery discovered in China's Central Plain shows the Chinese were making barley be..>> view originalMars and Earth are getting closer
97 photos: Mars rover CuriosityNASA's Curiosity Mars rover took this January 19, 2016, selfie while sitting at "Namib Dune." The rover was scooping up sand from the dune to analyze. The photo combines 57 images taken during the rover's 1,228th Martian day, or Sol. The photos were taken at the end of the rover's robotic arm.97 photos: Mars rover Curiosity97 photos: Mars rover Curiosity97 photos: Mars rover Curiosity97 photos: Mars rover CuriosityThe rover drilled this dime-sized hole to collect a..>> view originalFossil gives clues to extinction 250 million years ago
Image copyright Da-Yong Jiang Image caption The reptile breaks the rules on what ichthyosaurs are like A newly-classified fossil gives clues to how life in the oceans recovered from a mass extinction about 250 million years ago.The reptile is an early relative of the ichthyosaurs - a large group of marine reptiles that swam at the time of the dinosaurs.With its tiny toothless head, the creature is something of a curiosity, say scientists.The specimen ..>> view originalSquids and octopuses — the 'weeds of the sea' — are on the rise
(The National Aquarium of New Zealand via AP) I for one welcome our cephalopod overlords. The number of cephalopods — squid, octopus and other squishy sea aliens — has shot up over the past six decades, even as humanity's influence on the ocean (read: climate change, pollution and overfishing) has caused many marine populations to plummet, according to a study published Monday in Current Biology. In other words, the ocean is becoming a more difficult place to live — and all of that empty sp..>> view originalWhat Determines Nose Shape? Scientists Know The Answer
(Photo : Getty Images) Nose Shapes What factors determine the size and shape of the nose is one of the biggest questions that the researchers from around the world are trying to find an answer to. Now, a team of researchers from the University College London has identified four genes that influence the characteristics of the human nose. According to researchers, these genes influence the pointiness and the width of the nose. During the study, the researchers found that each of these nose, dubbe..>> view originalSuperflares from the Sun May Have Sparked Life by Warming Earth
Life on Earth may owe its existence to incredibly powerful storms that erupted on the sun long ago, a new study suggests. Potent and frequent solar eruptions could have warmed the planet enough for life to take root, and also provided the vital energy needed to transform simple molecules into the complex building blocks of life, such as DNA, researchers said. The first organisms evolved on Earth about 4 billion years ago. This fact has long puzzled scientists, because in those days,..>> view originalBurning all fossil fuels could lead to global warmth not seen in 65 million years
In this Jan. 20, 2015, photo, a plume of steam billows from the coal-fired Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. If every bit of coal, oil and gas that's underground now were burned, it could raise global temperature to levels not seen since the dinosaurs roamed the Earth.(Photo: Jim Cole, AP)If every last crumb of fossil fuel on the planet was burned — all 5.5 trillion tons of the Earth's oil, coal and natural gas now underground — the world could heat up by as much as 18 degrees in the next three ce..>> view originalDrone video captures shark feeding frenzy from above
A drone hovering over the waters of Western Australia caught sight of a literal blood bath.The drone was operated by Eco Abrolhos Curises to follow two boatloads of tourists on an island cruise. It ended up capturing a feeding frenzy involving about 70 tiger sharks chomping on a dead humpback whale, the AFP reports.The cruise company posted the video on its Facebook page, showing the pristine blue Australian waters turn a dark crimson."Passengers on our 14 day Geraldton to Broome and everywhere..>> view original
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
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