American Forests Look Nothing Like They Did 400 Years Ago
Forests in the eastern United States have undergone a radical transformation since the time before European colonization, a new study suggests.By comparing modern forest composition throughout nine...
View ArticleOceanographers Think They've Found The Largest Volcano On Earth
An underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean may be the largest on Earth, according to a new study published on Thursday in the journal Nature Geoscience.Tamu Massif is the largest of three giant mounds...
View ArticleVideo Of A Monkey In A Snow Suit Will Make Your Day
In case you need a reason to get excited for winter, or to buy a monkey. Watch the video below, courtesy of cheezburger.com:SEE ALSO: 25 Things That Make You HappierJoin the conversation about this...
View ArticleThis Extremely Deformed Lobster Looks Like It Has A Hand
Lola the lobster doesn't look like other crustaceans of her kind. She has six claws — one normal claw on her right side and five claws on the other side. The deformed claw kind of looks like a hand."I...
View ArticleSomeone Has Come Up With The Best Happy Ending For The Frog That Photobombed...
An unusual photo of an airborne frog in the foreground of NASA's latest spacecraft launch has now gone viral. The photo is authentic— it was taken by a still camera planted a few hundred feet away from...
View ArticleNASA Confirms That Voyager 1 Has Left The Solar System
NASA confirmed on Thursday that Voyager 1 has finally reached interstellar space, the cold, dark region between solar systems. Voyager 1, launched by NASA in 1977, crossed into interstellar space on or...
View ArticleMaine Processor Has An Incredible Way Of Getting Lobster Out Of Its Shell
Maine has more lobsters than it knows what to do with.With catches more than double what they were a decade ago — due to more fishermen, fewer predators, warmer water, and good conservation— the...
View ArticleOne Chart Shows How Horrendous The Flooding Is In Colorado
Heavy rain and flash floods in Colorado have killed at least four, while thousands of others are being evacuated from their homes. In Boulder up to 10 inches of rain fell on the city in one night,...
View ArticleA Massive Molasses Spill Is Killing Everything In Its Path — And Nothing Can...
A giant molasses spill in Honolulu on Monday leaked 233,000 gallons of the sticky stuff into the harbor. The spill is being called the worst environmental disaster in Hawaii's history. The cracked pipe...
View ArticleThis 'Big Mother Shucker' Can Kill A Lobster In 6 Seconds
Shucks Maine Lobster, a processor near Portland, uses a machine called the "Big Mother Shucker" to kill lobster in six seconds using high water pressure.Here's how it works: Live lobsters are dumped...
View ArticleAerial Photos Show Colorado's Astonishing Transformation After Flooding
Floodwaters have ravaged a Connecticut-size area of Colorado, killing at least seven people, destroying thousands of homes, and blocking hundreds of roads and bridges.Colorado's Front Range, a...
View ArticleIs There A Humane Way To Kill A Lobster?
People are more sensitive about killing lobsters than other animals. Few diners cringe at the thought of a fish slowly suffocating to death or being slaughtered on the deck of a boat, but there is...
View ArticleA Stunning Time-Lapse Video Of The Enormous Yosemite Wildfire
The Rim Fire in Yosemite National Park has been raging for just over a month and has already burned more than 250,000 acres in California. Now 84% contained, it is already the third largest wildfire in...
View ArticleHere's Why Different Weather Apps Give You Different Forecasts
I'm obsessive with checking the weather. I'm also someone who will run to another weather application if my iPhone isn't showing good weather because I'm hopeful that it will be sunnier.It sounds like...
View ArticleStunning Picture Of A Tidal Wave In China Caused By A Powerful Typhoon
Typhoon Usagi, the worst storm to hit the Western Pacific this year, is expected to skirt within 62 miles to the north of Hong Kong between Sunday night and Monday morning, according to the latest...
View ArticleThese Hybrid Animals Will Be Created Because Of Climate Change
Many Arctic hybrids have already been seen in the wild.In 2006, a white bear with brown splotches, believed to be a hybrid of a polar bear and a grizzly, was shot by Arctic hunters. Then in 2009, a...
View ArticleTry To Find The Octopus In This Video
Biologist Robert Hanlon studies how cephalopods, a group of marine animals that includes octopus, squid, and cuttlefish, blend into their surroundings by changing the color and pattern of their...
View ArticleRare Photos Capture A Golden Eagle Attacking A Deer
A digital camera trap captured the first photo of a golden eagle attacking a young sika deer in southern Russia.The camera trap was originally set up by Linda Kerley of the Zoological Society of London...
View ArticleA Rare, 18-Foot Oarfish Was Found Off The California Coast
Instructors at the Catalina Marine Institute (CIMI) found the carcass of a rare, 18-foot-long oarfish on Sunday afternoon. It was discovered in Toyon Bay on Catalina Island off the coast of...
View ArticleA Massive Chunk Of What Might Be 'The Russian Meteorite' Was Just Pulled From...
On Wednesday, Russian divers recovered from a frozen lake the largest-known chunk of what's believed to be from the meteor that exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsky in February.The tiny...
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