It is undeniable that we are changing the planet’s climate. The reality of this is backed by study after study – and the latest one shows that the rate at which carbon dioxide is being released into the atmosphere now has no natural counterparts over the last 50,000 years. Researchers analyzed the gas that has … Read moreCarbon Dioxide Increase Is Fastest It Has Ever Been In Last 50,000 Years
New research has found that lowland populations of Papua New Guinea have Denisovan genes that may have helped them develop a resistance to malaria. The findings are part of a larger study that examined whole-genome sequences from highlanders and lowlanders living in the southwestern Pacific country. Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a diverse range of … Read moreSome Papua New Guineans Have Denisovan Genes, And It Might Protect Them From Malaria
Crocodiles and alligators might be some of Earth’s oldest species, but that doesn’t mean they are immune to the problems faced by modern-day reptiles. The Cuban crocodile is a critically endangered species and is thought to have the smallest range of all the crocodilians. Where do Cuban crocodiles live? The Cuban crocodile (Crocodylus rhombifer) used … Read moreAthletic, Speedy, And Heavily Armored: Meet The Cuban Crocodile
How would you feel to be surrounded by 10 million bats? For wildlife cameraman Josh Aitchison, it was an “extraordinary spectacle,” and one that he had to spend three weeks living in a tree to capture from a unique angle. Straw-colored fruit bats, Eidolon helvum, are a large species of Old World fruit bats, Pteropodidae. … Read moreCameraman Spends 3 Weeks In A Tree Filming The Largest Mammal Migration – Here’s What He Saw
If you favor an evening over a morning shower (and that’s a whole other debate we’re not getting into now!) you may well have been tempted to hop in bed while your hair is still wet. Who has time for blow-drying when there’s sleep to be had? But if this is you, you might also … Read moreIs It Really Bad To Go To Bed With Wet Hair?
After a brief hiatus, it looks like the boat-attacking orcas of the Mediterranean are back. Two sailors had to be rescued this weekend after their boat was reportedly struck by a group of orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar. The sailboat, named Alborán Cognac, encountered the feisty cetaceans on the morning of Sunday, May 12, … Read moreThey’re Back! Another Ship Sunk By Orca Attack In The Mediterranean
Amongst the remains of the Great Temple at Hattusa, located in modern-day Turkey, is a feature that stands out: a large monolith of nephrite, carved into the shape of a cube. The stone, called a “wish stone” by locals to the area, was found in the remains of the Hittite empire that settled in the … Read moreThe Original Purpose Of The Mysterious Hattusa Monolith Is Unknown
At the Veerabhadra Temple in Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh, India, there are hundreds of ornate features, carved out in the 16th Century CE. At the complex, as well as a monolithic bull (carved from one giant slab of granite) in the image of the Hindu god Shiva’s mount, there is one particular feature that draws the … Read moreThe Mystery Of The “Hanging Pillar” Of Veerabhadra Temple
The Northern Hemisphere’s summer was a scorcher, pushed off the charts by a combination of global heating and El Niño. Given the much higher baseline today, and how exceptional it was, some people speculated last summer may have been the hottest for 100,000 years, if not longer. That’s not a claim that can currently be … Read moreNot Only The Hottest On Record, Summer 2023 Was Hottest For 2,000 Years
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you were on a commercial flight flying far above the ground when a massive earthquake struck? Surely you would be too high to experience anything, right? Well, it depends on a few things. Earthquakes and the air It might seem unlikely, but depending on the situation, there … Read moreWhat Happens If You Fly Over An Earthquake?