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The ghostly looking Mexican axolotl retains some of its larval features for life, including its feathery pink external gills. Photograph by Stephen Dalton/Animals Animals—Earth Scenes The Mexican axolotl (pronounced ACK-suh-LAH-tuhl) salamander has the rare trait of retaining its larval features throughout its adult life. This condition, called neoteny, means it keeps its tadpo
Desert Breath Desert Breath | Land Art project | by D.A.ST. Arteam | 1997 Scroll down to watch documentation video Desert Breath is a Land Art project created by D.A.ST. Arteam. The team was founded in 1995 by: Danae Stratou (installation artist), Alexandra Stratou (industrial designer & architect), Stella Konstantinidis (architect), for the purpose of creating this project. T
Wildlife photographer Norbert Rosing experienced a once in a lifetime encounter when visiting a dog sled kennel in Manitoba, Canada. A wild male polar bear seemed to appear out of nowhere and approached a dog. Obviously, Rosing and Brian Ladoon, the breeder, assumed that his dog was doomed. They were quite surprised that instead of apprehension and hostility, the bear and the do
Note: The content of this article was written by Dr. Jennifer Raff for her blog, Violent Metaphors. It is being rehosted here with permission. You can click on the above hyperlink to view the original and engage in the lively discussion in the comments section. In light of recent outbreaks of measles and other vaccine preventable illnesses, and the refusal of anti-vaccination ad
Picture 1 of 7 Haben Sie sich jemals den einen Nachbarn angesehen, mit dem Sie nie geredet haben, und sich gewundert, wie sein Haus wohl aussieht? Ob es sauber und aufgeräumt ist oder ein komplettes Durcheinander. Was die Nachbarn sich im Fernsehen ansehen. Ob sie viel streiten. Wir wohnen in einer Wohnung, und manchmal ertappen wir uns dabei, wie wir aus dem Fenster in die uns gegenüberli
Some 375 million years ago, Tiktaalik emerged onto land. Today, explains paleontologist Neil Shubin, we're all walking around in modified fish bodies. Tiktaalik roseae, a transitional fossil showing the link between fish...and us. Courtesy of Tangled Bank Studios, LLC. We all know the Darwin fish, the car-bumper send-up of the Christian "ichthys" symbol, or Jesus fish. Unlike the Christian s
A 500-POUND lion and a cute miniature sausage dog have completely turned the idea of "fighting like cats and dogs" on its head. Bonedigger, a five-year old male lion, and Milo, a seven-year old Dacshund dog, are so close that Milo nonchalantly licks the massive lion's teeth to clean them. The two have been inseparable over the past five years at G.W Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood, Oklah