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humpback_whale

Humpback whales catch their prey using bubble clouds

These Humpback whales are using some fancy water tricks to catch their dinner

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spongiforma squarepantisii

There is a mushroom in Borneo named after Spongebob Squarepants

Sing along time…“What lives in the rainforest, under a tree?... Spongiforma squarepantsii….” There’s a new mushroom in town and it looks like a sea sponge; just like the underwater

Iceberg, Greenland, Water

Greenland holds the second largest amount of ice in the world

Greenland's thousands of glaciers makes it an ideal place to spot the effects of climate change. Researchers trek up into this icy world to study glaciers and learn

black rhino, Diceros bicornis

You can tell a White Rhino from a Black Rhino by looking at their lips

Despite their names, Black and White rhinos are similar in colour. So how do you tell them apart? One of the best ways to figure out what kind

diving with dolphins

Dolphin chirps are inspiring a new tsunami early warning system

Dolphins are social creatures and to keep the conversation going underwater they have adapted a form of communication that uses short chirps. These sounds are perfectly designed

humpback whale jumping

Migrating Humpback Whales swim in straight lines up to 2,000 km long

That kind of accuracy is pretty important for these globetrotting animals that swim thousands of kilometers every year to migrate. Researchers found out the secret of Humpback

elephants

Elephants can make noises as loud as 103 decibels. That’s like hearing a jet fly overhead at 1000 feet!

Communication is important to these very social animals; it allows them to pass down information to younger generations and form strong bonds with one another. Since elephants

tetuatahianui, male kiwi bird

The flightless Brown Kiwi is New Zealand’s national bird

With spiky feathers that are brown with red streaks, Brown kiwis (Apteryx mantelli) are like the punk rock heroes of the bird world. They love to stay up

chrysina aurigans, chrysina limbata, beetles, Costa Rica,

The sliver and gold shells of these beetles provide excellent camouflage in the forests of Costa Rica

Like shiny things? Well put aside your love for jewelry and check out these gold (Chrysina aurigans) and silver beetles (Chrysina limbata) whose shiny metallic shells come

hooded seal cysophora cristata

Male Hooded seals attract females by inflating a sac above their nose

Male Hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) are inflatable! Well a sac above their nose is anyway. When this sac is blown up it covers their nose like a hood

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