There are 8.7 million tagged species on Earth, but scientists estimate that over 80 percent of life on this planet still remains undiscovered. It’s truly remarkable that with all of these animals occupying the
Well, that's not all: Stargazers also grow two venomous spines above their back fins, and some species can even deliver mild electric shocks. Despite all this menacing weaponry, the stargazer is considered a delicacy in some countries. If you don't mind your dinner staring back at you from...
Socotra Island belongs to Yemen, and it has an unnatural appearance, resembling an alien world. The island is isolated, and its temperatures are extreme, but 700 of its plant species can’t be found anywhere else on the planet. The plant life is so unique that more than 70% of Socotra ...
● Among the life forms known asextremophilesare many creatures that no scientist expected to find. ThatincludestheDeinococcus radioduransbacterium which can survive “15,000 gray dose of radiation, where 10 grays would kill a human and it takes over 1,000 grays to kill a ...
New discoveries are changing long-held views of the biggest, meanest, and most bizarre animals that ever flew.
The GONGO is a species of organization that is found world-wide wherever democracy is new or fragile or otherwise less than fully functioning. Despite frustrations and constraints, however, tiny groups of idealists within this framework may influence and even transform government policy.doi:10.1080/...
which is the same stuff that our fingernails are made from. Pangolins are the only mammals known to have these unique scales, which have made the focus of attention, both good and bad. Poaching and habitat destruction have made several of the six pangolin species endangered, critically endangere...
Well, you night after you visit this museum. It’s full of “evidence” that so-far unclassified species do exist, like fossilized footprints, fuzzy photos, and the testimonials of scared campers. Mermaids, mothmen, and furry fish all get their just due here, in this collection belonging to...
rely on a single nerve that detects earth’s magnetic field and orients them accordingly. although roundworms are among the most exhaustively studied species, no one realized this about them until last year, when scientists in texas discovered their worms from australia burrowing in the wrong dire...
If you could have a third eye anywhere on your body, where would you place it and what would you use it for? Do you think cavemen experienced nightmares about cavewomen? Are we really living or just slowly dying? If animals could drive cars, which species do you think would be the bes...