Unexplored Planet

WHO IS THE BEST DAD IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM? Seahorses! These dedicated dads carry a pregnancy after the female deposits the eggs into his brood pouch. “Seahorses are syngnathid fishes — th...

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HOW DO CHAMELEONS CHANGE COLOR? From Live Science: “The chameleon’s uncanny ability to change color has long mystified people, but now the lizard’s secret is out: Chameleons can rapidly...

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FLOWER HAT JELLY From Wikipedia: The FLOWER HAT JELLY (Olindias formosa) is a species of jellyfish  occurring in the West Pacific off southern Japan . Characterized by lustrous tentacle...

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LACE BUG LINE UP These beautiful specimens are generally considered to be pests in the garden, introduced accidentally from Japan years ago. They are striking insects nonetheless, with their in...

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DOLPHINS SQUEAL WITH DELIGHT If you are familiar with the antics of Flipper or the charismatic creatures at Seaworld, this research is probably not going to shock you, but for Sam Ridgeway, a r...

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PSYCHEDELIC COMB JELLIES From Monterey Bay Aquarium : “Comb jellies are beautiful, oval-shaped animals with eight rows of tiny comblike plates that they beat to move themselves through the...

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VEINED OCTOPUS “The veined or "coconut” octopus will pick up anything at its disposal to make a home on the road. This includes old cans, bottles, boots, shells and yes—coconuts. The vein...

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BIOLUMINESCENT OCEAN This amazing photo was captured in Barra de Valizas in Uruguay. It is one of the best places in the world to view the night sky. On this particularly dark night, biolumines...

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WHAT DO BARREL JELLYFISH AND SUPERCOMPUTERS HAVE IN COMMON? From Discovery News : “To locate the best possible meal in the vast waters of its marine habitat, the barrel jellyfish (Rhizostom...

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THE DEADLY LION’S MANE JELLYFISH From Life of Sea: “Lion’s Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. Giant Jellyfish or Winter Jellyfish are other name of this creatur...

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COMB JELLIES: ONE OF THE OLDEST CREATURES ON EARTH DNA analysis reveals that comb jellies, ctenophores, actually pre-date the emergence of sponges, even though they are more complex organisms....

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AYE AYE AYE “The Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a strepsirrhine native to Madagascar that combines rodent-like teeth with a long, thin middle finger to fill the same ecological nic...

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HOW DO SPIDERS SPIN SILK? From Science Daily : “Spider silk is an impressive material; lightweight and stretchy yet stronger than steel. But the challenge that spiders face to produce this ...

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THE TOXIC GARDEN This is the seed of Cynoglossum officinale or Gypsy Flower Seeds, also called Hound’s tongue. From http://www.thepoisongarden.co.uk: “The toxic components are pyrrolizi...

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INVASIVE SPECIES ALERT: RUSTY CRAYFISH I saw this on a recent trip to Jamaica State Park in southern Vermont. I am not sure what species it is, but it looks very similar to the infamous Rusty C...

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THE SECRET LIFE OF OCEANS These single-celled protozoa, called radiolarian, reside in all the world’s oceans. Photo courtesy of Kurt Buck From www.radiolaria.org : “Radiolarians ar...

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Gecko Feet Photo courtesy of the National Science Foundation http://tinyurl.com/lsl62n5 -MB

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NEW SPECIES ALERT Golden Bat  Myotis midastactus “Scientists have classified a Bolivian bat as a new species, and taken inspiration from its short, woolly golden-yellow fur to name it af...

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NANOTECHNOLOGY & VIRUSES  Earlier this year researcher from the University of Applied Sciences in Northwestern Switzerland developed a way to detect viruses using silica nanoparticles. Each si...

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EBOLA: WHAT IS IT? WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? Ebola is a virus originally classified in the now non-existant “Filovirus” genus. It consists of a single strand of RNA, roughly 19,000 nucleotid...

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