NASA Captures Monster Hurricane from Space
NASA’s spacecraft Cassini took this amazing colorful picture of a Saturn storm that resembles a hurricane on Earth. The center eye of the storm on Saturn is about 1,250 miles wide. That’s 20 times larger than the average hurricane eye on Earth, that’s the distance… Read More »
EmailWatch: Ronan the Sea Lion Rocks the Beat
Researchers have made a new discovery in the field of adorable dancing animals. In a University of California Santa Cruz study, Ronan the California sea lion has learned to bob her head in rhythm to several songs, a capability once believed to be only possessed… Read More »
iPad-Playing Penguins Try to Nip at Virtual Mouse
Spring is in air at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif., and while many penguins are preparing for mating season, two coming-of-age birds found another form of entertainment: An iPad game. Still too young to mate, Jeremy and Newsom seem to have taken… Read More »
Frog That Gives Birth Through Mouth to be Brought Back From Extinction
Researchers in Australia have reached a major milestone in resurrecting a unique species of frog that gives birth through its mouth, and vanished into extinction 30 years ago. In what became known as the ” Lazarus Project” at the University of Newcastle in Australia, scientists… Read More »
Seagull Perched on Sistine Chapel Chimney Draws Twitter, Meme Antics
By LAUREN EFFRON and DAN MILANO Well, it’s not a cardinal. But two birds made themselves international stars at the papal Conclave, lighting the Internet aflame with comments and jokes. The birds, which appeared to be seagulls, chose this historic moment to land atop the… Read More »
Zoo Workers Step In to Mother Abandoned Baby Gorilla
Workers at the Cincinnati Zoo have taken on a new role: surrogate mommy. An infant gorilla was born at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas, on Jan. 29. Her mother rejected her. She was flown to Cincinnati, where two gorilla mothers were available for… Read More »
Einstein or Socialite? Dognition Test Helps You Better Connect With Man’s Best Friend
A Reporter’s Notebook: We all think that our dogs are the smartest ones in the park. But how can you really tell? I decided to test my beautiful 10-year-old French spaniel Belle. Although I think she’s special, there is now a way to find out… Read More »
Loggerhead Sea Turtle Gets Artificial Flippers After Shark Attack
It’s tough out there for a loggerhead turtle. Yu, a 200-pound female turtle, was found badly injured in 2008, her front flippers torn off in what appeared to have been a shark attack. Animal lovers brought her to the Suma aqualife park near Kobe, Japan,… Read More »
11,000 Elephants Poached, Group Says
Poachers seeking ivory tusks have killed and mutilated 11,000 elephants at just one national park in Africa since 2004, a conservation group said today. “This is a shocking number,” said Dr. James Deutsch, director of the Africa program for the Wildlife Conservation Society. “This is,… Read More »
Leopard Seal Nabs Penguin in the Antarctic
A young penguin swam into the “jaws of death” of a leopard seal in Port Lockroy, on the Antarctic Peninsula, in this photo by underwater photographer Amos Nachoun. The photos were taken in 2009 while Nachoun attempted to capture a series documenting how frigid water… Read More »
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