The Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit (Black Mamba APU) is a mostly female ranger unit founded with the purpose of protecting wildlife in South Africa. They are on the front-line protecting dwindling numbers... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months ago • 89 views • 2:35

YouTube description: In Bremen, Germany, there's a tower more than a hundred metres high: it's called the Fallturm, or the Drop Tower. If you want a cost-effective way to test an experiment in microgravity... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 299 views • 4:02

In Eastern Nevada on the top of Wheeler Peak in the Great Basin National park sit some of the oldest living organisms in the world. - https://facebook.com/atlasobscura

posted by newtboy 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 43 views • 3:57

In Crystal Palace Park, in South London, are 150-year-old dinosaur models: the first ever full-size replicas of extinct animals. But they're... well, they're a bit wrong, and they likely always will be.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 426 views • 2:02

Sadly, I too remember Ivan the gorilla. YouTube: Responding to the shooting of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo, Bill Nye says the treatment of animals in zoos is plainly unethical. Yet zoos do have... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 61 views • 7:37

YouTube: You might think of national parks as a nice place to see a geyser, or a big ol’ canyon, but over the past 100 years, US national parks have produced some of the biggest, oldest, deepest, and... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 217 views • 9:38

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths

posted by newtboy 8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 41 views • 1:59

Via Neatorama

posted by lucky760 9 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 1,366 views • 1:13

Yikes ... I can semi relate to Trey Parker's childhood impression of poop [Mr. Hankey anyone?]. My Grandma used to tell my sister and I that if we didn't have a bowel movement EVERY day it would back up... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 2 months ago • 1,148 views • 2:47

When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 decade 2 months 1 week ago • 4,780 views • 4:34

YouTube Description: In Memphis's Forrest Park, there's a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the most infamous and powerful racists in American history. Lately it's been at the center of the city's... continue reading

posted by aaronfr 1 decade 7 months ago • 543 views • 34:28

This is taken from a radio show called Science Friday. This is about a couple who were inspired to design and build their own tiny house with mobility because they were tired of paying 1200 monthly in... continue reading

posted by Issykitty 1 decade 9 months 2 weeks ago • 5,391 views • 4:37

I've never seen a bear exhibit like THIS! Leave it to Seattle for ... whatever this is. Beware of the bears. YouTube Description: Produced by Kirsten Pisto At Woodland Park Zoo's Bear Affair, 700-pound... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 10 months 1 week ago • 142 views • 3:22

YouTube Description: Beautiful Dragon Curves, Fractals and Jurassic Park. Featuring Rob Eastaway.

posted by Zifnab 1 decade 1 year 2 months 2 weeks ago • 257 views • 7:04