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Awesome Photo: Predatory Coral Eats Jellyfish

Coral seems so peaceful and passive, rippling in the currents of the sea in all its colorful beauty. It’s easy to forget that it’s actually an animal and not a plant. But, perhaps this photo will remind you – captured on a dive in Israel in March, it’s the first documentation of coral feeding on [...]

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Climate Change Researchers Discover Carnivorous Sea Squirt 4,000 Meters Underwater

Researchers exploring the ocean floor of the Tasman Fracture Zone in Australia to learn more about how climate change is affecting coral have discovered several new species, including a fascinating carnivorous sea squirt previously unknown to humans. The creatures were found over 13,000 feet below the surface of the water.
From EcoWorldly:
One of the CalTech researchers, [...]

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Frozen Water: Stunning Natural Ice Formations

(Images via Haikiba, Lady Molly, James Carter, unc.edu, Getaway, Birch and Pixdaus)
If you can’t experience the mind-boggling, incredibly beautiful wonders of nature firsthand, the next best thing is definitely beautiful photographs that almost make you feel as if you’re there. When it’s this cold outside, it’s easy to imagine being face-to-face with the incredible ice [...]

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National Geographic’s Top 10 Photos of 2008

National Geographic has revealed its top 10 most viewed photos of 2008, and it’s quite a fascinating gallery. At number 10 is the photo of the “uncontacted” Amazon tribe taken from an airplane. Others on the list include a variety of giant animals – including squid, stingrays and starfish – as well as a leopard [...]

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Over 1,000 New Species Discovered in Mekong Basin in Past Decade

A cyanide-laced, bright pink millipede and a rat thought to have become extinct 11 million years ago are among the 1,068 new species have been discovered in Southeast Asia’s Greater Mekong region alone in the past decade, according to a new report released by the World Wildlife Fund.
The Mekong Basin is being called a “biological [...]

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Black Sun of Denmark: Amazing Photos of Starling Formations

Image via Flickr user Gail Johnson
Sunset in Denmark is made even more beautiful during the spring and autumn seasons by the ‘aerial ballet’ of gigantic flocks of black starlings, which occurs when the birds leave their feeding places and take flight before settling in for the night. You can see it from the middle of [...]

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