UPDATE: We're still working on a species ID with our science partners at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, but currently we're thinking the purple orb is a pleurobranch, a nudibranch relative.... continue reading
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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 3 weeks ago • 217 views • 9:38YouTube: Eyes have been around for a long time, like... half a billion years or so... and in that time, animals have evolved lots of crazy and amazing ways to observe the world around them!
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 weeks ago • 403 views • 8:42YouTube: There aren't as many rules to naming a scientific discovery as you might think-- and that has led to some pretty outrageous names.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 1 month 1 week ago • 520 views • 8:07Dispise the suckers! ewww-ahhh
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,511 views • 5:01Yeah... Flashy Outfit over Fighting, getting peed on or, uh DYING ... every day, ALL day! YouTube: When it comes to sex things can be complicated, but for the three species we are looking at today,... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 31 views • 4:11YouTube: Are we meant to be a monogamous species?
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 6 months 1 week ago • 109 views • 2:53Depends on your species.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 8 months ago • 125 views • 8:49"The deeper you go, the weirder it gets." YouTube: We know more about some other planets than we do about the deepest corners of Earth's oceans, and the species we've found there are almost alien. Here's... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 8 months ago • 474 views • 3:10YouTube: Often confused for one another the prehistoric looking Alligator Snapping Turtle and the more widespread Common Snapping Turtle are two very distinct species. Yes it is true that they both... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 8 months ago • 1,953 views • 6:02Gross YouTube: Hundreds of ant species have been farming for tens of millions of years.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 8 months ago • 416 views • 3:52A distant predecessor of the dreaded hipster perchance? YouTube: Sometimes, big hunks of strange-looking flesh wash up onshore and then people think that they’re dinosaurs or giant octopi or previously... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months 1 week ago • 18 views • 3:14"Eternal youth wouldn't make us invincible." YouTube: References: Aubert, G. & Lansdorp, P. M. (2008) Telomeres and aging. Physiological Review 88(2): 557–579. http://simonadellemonache.com/dispens... ... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months 1 week ago • 581 views • 2:58YouTube: Hank shares losses and finds this week, including a huge amount of Antarctic ice that’s lost for good, and 10 cool new species that are last year’s top finds.
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 91 views • 5:14YouTube: SciShow News explains the forces at work behind the earthquake in Nepal, introduces you to a new species of dinosaur, and reveals a discovery in Antarctica.
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years ago • 116 views • 4:31"Over 99% of all the animal species that have ever lived are now extinct."
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 week ago • 363 views • 4:27Life as a rare fruit collector Helton Josue Teodoro Muniz is a rare fruit collector. He has planted and cultivated over 1,300 species in his six hectare garden in Campina do Monte Alegre, in the state... continue reading
posted by newtboy 9 years 1 month ago • 718 views • 4:19"Our concrete jungles can be hard on wildlife."
posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 1 week ago • 99 views • 3:21Hank's back!
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