MBARI sustained our commitment to ocean exploration and discovery in 2021. The year brought more challenges, but exploring our big, blue backyard always inspires awe and wonder—and curiosity about the... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 3 months ago • 382 views • 3:16

The story behind the most fascinating, hilarious and dramatic quests to find a mate and leave a lasting legacy. Some species need to overcome the challenges of a vast environment just to find a member... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 5 views • 3:18

Axolotls are one of science’s most studied animals. Why, you ask? These extraordinary salamanders are masters of regeneration: they can flawlessly regenerate body parts ranging from amputated limbs and... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 230 views • 5:22

Some boaters were left stunned after witnessing an orca's extraordinary leap 15-feet out of the water during a dolphin hunt in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. (Credit: Miguel Cuevas) While battering their... continue reading

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YouTube description: The extraordinary story of a runaway Soviet Air Force MiG-23 that flew from Poland to Belgium in 1989, sparking a major security scare between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and ended... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 6 months 1 week ago • 424 views • 4:46

YouTube description: Learn about the life and art of Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, who explored disability, relationships and Mexican culture in her work. -- In 1925, Frida Kahlo was... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 12 months ago • 152 views • 4:06

YT: We tend to think of fossils as dinosaur bones or petrified wood, but what if we told you that there's a lot we can learn from fossilized waste?

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YouTube description: In March 1974, Chinese farmers digging a well unearthed the greatest archaeological find of the century - the buried Terracotta Army. After coming across a life-sized human head... continue reading

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YouTube: Deep in the forests of New Guinea there is a rich variety of life, each more bizarre than the last. One such spectacle is the male Bird of Paradise who appears to go to extraordinary lengths to... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 12 months ago • 245 views • 3:24

The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 4 months 1 week ago • 37 views • 4:00

"The avocado is highly regarded by many people as delicious and nutritious, but the most extraordinary thing about avocados may be their very existence..." From http://boingboing.net/2016/04/01/in-plant-evolution-term... continue reading

posted by ant 8 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 832 views • 3:54

"How exactly do homing pigeons find their way back to their lofts? A couple of bird enthusiasts share their theories..." From http://www.reddit.com/r/pigeons/comments/3jj361/how_do_homing_pigeons_get_home_bbc/... continue reading

posted by ant 9 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 85 views • 2:26

YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 5 months 1 week ago • 170 views • 2:56

YouTube Description: Why are humans so aberrant - that is to say - why do all human cultures have marriage-like institutions while 90 percent of mammalian species are promiscuous? The neuroscientist... continue reading

posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 1 year 2 months 1 week ago • 205 views • 4:20

YouTube Description: According to an online article,We now have found a Higgs-like particle.It is a Boson, we're 5-sigma sure.5-sigma's an extraordinary score. 133 times heavier than a proton,Is the... continue reading

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