"Pill bugs. Doodle bugs. Potato bugs. Wood Shrimp. Whatever you call them, there’s something less creepy about these critters than other insects. Maybe it’s because they’re not insects at all..." ... continue reading
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posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 853 views • 5:00YouTube description: Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 606 views • 8:27"Why Russia wants to own the North Pole..."
posted by ant 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 178 views • 12:50YouTube description: What do all those bodies of water really mean? In this episode of Vox Almanac, Phil Edwards travels through the map to define bodies of water. Find Phil Edwards on Facebook... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 1,336 views • 5:15Sea Creatures can be monstrously large, but how big can they get compared to you?
posted by Mekanikal 6 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 133 views • 7:03"... Deconstructed". "Deep sea creatures look so..... odd? But why? ..."
posted by ant 6 years 7 months 4 weeks ago • 26 views • 6:37YouTube description: There’s an invisible line between two groups of islands in the Indian Ocean with two totally different animal populations. It took three branches of science to figure out why it exists. ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 9 months 1 week ago • 574 views • 4:53The Krabby Patty is a thing of pop culture culinary legend - a burger, forged from a secret formula, worshipped by a sociopathically upbeat sponge. How do we go about recreating that which is not reacreate-able?... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 30 viewsAustralia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world and the only living structure visible from space. Although ecosystem managers in Australia have worked hard to preserve the... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 541 views • 8:11YouTube description: You may think of single-celled organisms as being microscopically small, but these ocean dwellers are a little heftier than that. Hosted by: Hank Green... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 219 views • 3:27How we went from requiring 3 or more engines to cross the ocean to allowing twin engine planes to cross, and the increase in reliability, and ETOPS range of modern twin engine planes.
posted by RFlagg 6 years 12 months ago • 1,242 views • 8:57I never thought of sand as a non-renewable resource, but there's only a limited supply: and to make things worse, it keeps getting washed into the sea. At Cape May, New Jersey, the US Army Corps of Engineers... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 1,756 views • 3:22This scientist about to retire when he found a way to save the planet. Very cool
posted by Gratefulmom 7 years 3 months ago • 555 views • 3:19YouTube description: Foraminifera – tiny, single-celled marine life forms – build gorgeous houses that record how much ice there is on the planet. Special thanks to Professor Lee Kump of Penn... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 489 views • 2:51"This animation starts with an overview of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. As the camera slowly pushes in, Hurricane Matthew begins to form. By the morning of October 2nd, 2016 Matthew... continue reading
posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 7 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 9 views • 1:29"With 95% of all living things, living in our Oceans, it is an amazing fact that we have only explored 5% of the world's vast expanses of water. Here are the most fantastical facts about The Ocean! ..."
posted by ant 7 years 8 months ago • 15 views • 7:11"Octopus ink is one of nature’s most theatrical defense mechanisms, but what is it made of? ..."
posted by ant 7 years 8 months ago • 23 views • 46 secsYouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 658 views • 3:23