Content tagged with “animals”

“ A detailed history of how a destructive pest was neutralized through sicence and geography. ”

“This is just another name for ‘bear.’ It was a name of a bear in a Dutch children’s fable from the 12th century. Most people know this as the name of two major sports teams: the UCLA Bruins in college sports, and the Boston Bruins in NHL hockey. The UCLA team is very prominent with the bear…”

“This is not what I originally looked up – I orginally wanted details on what a ‘Zorse’ was (see below for why I looked this up), but I was introduced to the world of zera-equine hybrids. A ‘zebroid’ is the product of a zebra and any other equine except another zebra – so, anything else that a zebra…”

“ Of the coast of Brazil is a small island which has evolved to become the home of one the most venomous snakes in the world. One bite will cause you to ‘die screaming,’ and there are thousands of them on the island, preying on migrating birds. ”

“ For decades, the United States has regularly dropped hundreds of millions of sterilized insects from planes over Central America to prevent a scourge from migrating north. ”

“ A mass migration and a glass building in the flight path were not a good combination. ”

“Most people understand that to ‘sic a dog’ on someone general means to direct the dog to attack. This came from an accented form of the word ‘seek.’ When hunting with dogs, you might say ‘seek them,’ to mean ‘pursue them.’ In Southern English, the word ‘seek’ might sound a lot like ‘sick,’ and…”

“ In the last 20 years, there has been a significant decrease of dead bugs on car windshields. This might be a result of a massive decline in the number of insects in the Earth biome. ”

“ Elephants might be adapting in real-time to limit their danger from poachers. ”

“ It’s not quite what the title promises, but this is a quick look at how cats have benefited humans over the years, and how little they differ from the cats of ancient times. ”

“ A guy builds an obstacle course for the squirrels in his backyard. In the (very entertaining) process of watching them solve it, he explains some of the physiology of how a squirrel moves. ”

“ A tortoise living on a remote island is so old there are pictures of him 136 years apart. ”

“ There is a single whale that emits a call at a different frequency than any other whale. No one has seen it – its lonely call has just been recorded multiple times over the last 40 years. ”

“ A grisly aquarium discovery leads to a sordid tale of murder and double-cross. ”

“ A specific bird flew from Alaska to New Zealand, without stopping, and this is typical for the breed. ”

“ Some fascinating behind-the-scenes stories of working at a zoo. ”

“ A type of cheese from Sardinia is infested with maggots on purpose. ”

“ A photographer on a game reserve in South Africa witnesses a lion die of old age. ”

“ A bull from the 1960s was patriarch over a lineage of millions. It carried a faulty gene that wasn’t discovered for 40 years after hundreds of millions of dollars had been lost. ”

“ Lots of novel viruses keep coming out of China because of unique factors that cause a wide variety of animal species to come into close physical contact. ”

“ Incredible scrolling visualization of what’s under the ocean. I scrolled for five full minutes to reach the bottom. ”