Can This Baby Polar Bear Save the Species?
Because we can’t get enough of Siku, a polar bear cub born in captivity in Denmark. We just couldn’t NOT post another big picture of the baby cub.
The Scandinavian Wildlife Park is developing a new information program about climate change, sea ice in the Arctic Sea and polar bears. As the program evolves, Siku “will become an Ambassador for his wild cousins living in the Arctic,” continued the site, “Because the Scandinavian Wildlife Park has some of the best and largest polar bear facilities in the world, we are convinced that it will be possible for SIKU to become a normal functioning polar bear within a few years.”
Summer Forest, Lake Keuka, NY, July 5, 2011, 12:10 p.m.
It’s cold and a little snowy outside right now, but this reminds me of how heat and a little rain can create a green so intense it almost hurts my eyes.
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Fish Out of Water: Five Ocean Species We’re Eating to Death
The prickly little sea urchin isn’t the only one in danger—consumers have taken a serious jab at oceanic ecosystems with their collective knives, forks, spoons, and chopsticks. Thanks to human appetites, for some species of ocean dwellers, there just aren’t that many fish in the sea.
Using high-speed photography, German photographer Markus Reugels captures a variety of celestial wonders inside a water droplet.
As part of his “Setup Liquid Art” series, spherical representations of the Earth, Jupiter, and the moon, among other objects are depicted. The twist: they are “liquid planets,” comprised of a drop of water caught mid-fall.
And there’s no computer manipulation — these shots are real.
more images here
Endangered Sea Turtle Sanctuary, Aruba, December 10, 2010, 12:39 p.m.
At the top of the steps leading down to this “sanctuary” was a poster talking about the importance of beaches like these in the Arikok National Park to breeding sea turtles.
When I went down to the beach, I found a headless doll, plastic bottles, flip-flops, a sneaker - it was a joke how much garbage was there.
Yep, this is my Lucy Loo!
Here’s a picture of DiscoveryNews’ Editor-In-Chief Lori Cuthbert’s dog, Lucy, with her nose covered in sand.
And she’s not just adorable, she also knows precisely what her owner wants. Or at least she strives to, as this piece explores.
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(Piotr Naskrecki)
Did you know horseshoe crabs are older than dinosaurs?!
Learn more about Piotr Naskrecki’s book, Relics: Travels In Nature’s Time Machine on The Picture Show.
