Archeologists Discover “Sistine Chapel of the Ancients” With Thousands of Ice Age Rock Paintings
Deep within the dense Amazon rainforest in modern-day Colombia, an 8-mile-long “canvas” filled with ice age drawings of giant sloths, mastodons and other extinct beasts has been…
The world’s oldest tree, known as “Great-Grandfather,” is 5,484 years old
Chilean scientists have identified a four-metre-thick Patagonian cypress known as the Great-Grandfather to be the world’s oldest living tree, beating the current record-holder by over 600 years….
Sea Sheep? This Adorable Sea Slug Eats So Much Algae It Can Photosynthesize
It’s a sheep! It’s a cow! No, it’s Costasiella kuroshimae (or ‘Leaf Sheep’ for short). This adorable little sea slug, whose beady eyes and cute feelers make it look like…
The Gem-Like Turquoise Ice Found on Lake Baikal
Russian photographer Alexey Trofimov calls Lake Baikal “the gem that does not need to be cut.” It’s the oldest, largest, deepest, and clearest freshwater lake in the…
The largest tree in Colombia is so large that it has developed pillars to support its branches.
No, that’s not a little mountain, but a big tree. Image credit: Eréndira Rodríguez What’s the biggest tree in the world? General Sherman is certainly at the top of contenders,…
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Scientists Discover 400-Year-Old Greenland Shark Likely Born Around 1620
Greenland sharks are now the longest-living vertebrates known on Earth, according to scientists. Researchers used radiocarbon dating of eye proteins to determine the ages of 28 Greenland…
This incredible moth is one of Australia’s strangest insects
Bec Crew is a Sydney-based science communicator with a love for weird and wonderful animals. From strange behaviours and special adaptations to newly discovered species and the…
The Fire Snail is one of the rarest snails in the world and can only be found within a 100km radius in Malaysia
Platymma tweediei, often called the (Malaysian) fire snail, is the largest land snail in Peninsular Malaysia, living exclusively in the mountainous forests there. It is the only species…
Thousands of rare ‘ice eggs’ found on beach in Finland
A rare collection of “ice eggs” has been spotted in Finland, a phenomenon experts say only occurs in highly particular conditions. Risto Mattila, who photographed the eggs,…