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)
Reblogged from JSTN.
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.
Reblogged from Things like that.
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)
Reblogged from The Animal Blog.