Science and Nature
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The mammoth Giant Water Bug (Lethocerus americanus)
This beauty was swimming with my son at the Coral Springs Aquatic Complex during his training today in the morning. Imagine the coaches and kids commotion. I managed to save it from collective ravage. The picture from the bottom (last one in the stack) is crappy, however from the top it is a good looking Read more
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Latvian Meteor Crater Probably a Hoax
RIGA, Latvia — Visitor from deep space — or Latvian tricksters? That’s the question Monday as geologists study a 30-foot wide crater that some claim was caused by a 3-foot meteorite, and others say is just the work of pranksters. Scientists from the University of Tartu in Latvia on Monday afternoon concluded that the hole Read more
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Na Bahia, pesquisadores capturam peixe aparentemente desconhecido
Animal tem 1,83 m e seu corpo não tem pele nem escamas. Ele estava a cerca de mil metros de profundidade quando foi capturado. Estudiosos e pescadores tiveram uma surpresa durante uma experiência no litoral norte da Bahia. Eles levaram um susto, pois nunca tinham visto um peixe tão estranho. Ele não tem carne, nem Read more
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Cerro Azul Monster: a ground sloth indeed
This week’s news have been flooded with pictures and details about the apparently extra terrestrial creature that threatened a group of teenagers in the Panamanian Blue Hills, that was killed by the kids after they thought the creature would attack them, and so forth. First few images of the creature would not help much, and Read more
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Most Earthlike Planet Yet Found May Have Liquid Oceans
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/04/090421-most-earthlike-planet.html Kate Raviliousfor National Geographic News April 21, 2009 It probably wouldn’t feel exactly like home. But the planet known as Gliese 581d has a lot more in common with Earth than astronomers first thought. A distant world known as Gliese 581e (foreground in this artist’s conception) is the lightest planet outside our solar system Read more
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A Fellow Mammal Leaves the Planet
One of the last known baiji, photographed in captivity before its death in 2002. Nobody eats baiji, but it became a bycatch of other fishing. The Yangtze River dolphin, or baji, is presumed extinct by marine mammal experts. = Fishing nets on the Yangtze River Read more
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BBC NEWS | UK | England | Oxfordshire | ‘Supersize’ lions roamed Britain
By Natalie Hancock BBC News, Oxford Giant lions were roaming around Britain, Europe and North America up to 13,000 years ago, scientists from Oxford University have found. Remains of giant cats previously discovered were thought to be a species of jaguar or tiger but after DNA analysis they were proved to be lions. They Read more
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Barry the giant sea worm discovered by aquarium staff after mysterious attacks on coral reef
Barry the giant sea worm discovered by aquarium staff after mysterious attacks on coral reef | Mail Online By Daily Mail ReporterLast updated at 4:27 PM on 31st March 2009 Aquarium staff have unearthed a ‘giant sea’ worm that was attacking coral reef and prize fish. The 4ft long monster, named Barry, had launched a Read more
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Espécie de preá sobrevive sem variedade genética
18/03/2009 – 09h54 RICARDO MIOTOcolaboração para a Folha de S.Paulo Pesquisadores brasileiros descobriram uma espécie que, após 8.000 anos isolada mantendo uma população de cerca de 40 indivíduos, praticamente não apresenta mais diversidade genética. Os animais são tão parecidos entre si que um teste de paternidade através do DNA, como o utilizado em humanos, não Read more
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Earth, 60 million years ago
This is an artistic representation of the tropical forest in NE Colombia, 60 million years ago. The spotted serpent is a 13 meters long “Titanoboa cerrejonensis”, more than twice the size of modern days Brazilian beauties Sucuri (Anaconda) and Jobóia. Dr. Johathan Bloch recently led a team of international scientists to the caverns of Read more
The Misfits Pair 