Friday, April 9th 2010 11:02am
National Geographic Traveler contributing editor Andrew Evans recently spotted and filmed an all-black king penguin—a very rare mutant—on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.
(thanks Qzen for the tip!)
Wednesday, March 31st 2010 7:01pm
Monday, March 29th 2010 9:16pm
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Monday, March 15th 2010 11:19pm
Saturday, March 13th 2010 9:38am
37,000 year old fully intact baby woolly mammoth.
The frozen body of a baby woolly mammoth discovered last year in Arctic Russia has provided the first detailed internal look at a prehistoric mammal, scientists report. The oxygen-deprived environment of its final resting place, likely a watery marsh or bog, prevented decay and kept it intact save for only its tail and shaggy coat.
(via National Geographic)
Sunday, March 7th 2010 6:51pm
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Friday, February 26th 2010 4:38pm
Monday, February 22nd 2010 10:28pm
Plitvicka Jezera National Park is one of Earth’s jewels. This mountain valley holds many large emerald lakes, each of which drains into the next in spectacular series of waterfalls.
Wednesday, February 3rd 2010 10:46pm
Saturday, January 23rd 2010 7:43pm
Wednesday, January 20th 2010 7:31pm
Jigokudani, Japan: In sub-zero temperatures Japanese macaque monkeys soak in the warmth of a mountain hotspring (via The week in wildlife | Environment | guardian.co.uk)
Thursday, January 14th 2010 6:19pm