1World’s Biggest Dog Say hello to this gargantuan specimen named Hercules, purportedly the Guinness Record holder for World’s Biggest Dog. Hercules is an English Mastiff and has a 38 inch neck and weighs 282 pounds. With “paws the size of softballs”, the three-year-old monster is far larger and heavier than his breed’s standard 200lb. …
1Sgt. Stubby: America’s first war dog hero America’s first war dog, Stubby, served for 18 months and participated in seventeen battles on the Western Front. In February of 1918 he saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks. This pit bull terrier dog was the most decorated war dog of World War I and the …
1The Sombrero Galaxy The Sombrero Galaxy (also known as M104 or NGC 4594) is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It has a bright nucleus, an unusually large central bulge, and a prominent dust lane in its inclined disk. The dark dust lane and the bulge give this galaxy the appearance of …
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1Transparent Frog Native to Venezuela, the Glass Frogs belong to the amphibian family Centrolenidae (order Anura).While the general background coloration of most glass frogs is primarily lime green, the abdominal skin of some members of this family is transparent, so that the heart, liver, and digestive tract are visible through their translucent skin. (Photo by …
This hybrid species fish was born between a carp and a leather carp in the pond of a personal house in Chongju. A Stink Bug A Death’s Head Hawk Moth Heike Crab, native to Japan A Sheild Bug The axolotl, a neotenic species of salamander, a salamander that does not go through metamorphosis. An Eucorysses …
Bringing together imagery from many different satellites and astronaut missions, NASA’s Earth Observatory publishes fantastic images with highly detailed descriptions, feature articles and more. Gathered here are some standout photographs from the collections in the Earth Observatory over the past years. The East African volcano Nyiragongo accounts for 20 percent of all recorded eruptions in …
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The underside of this owl butterfly‘s wing blends in with woody textures and features a large eyespot to startle predators. (by Jeff Foot) Flatfish are masters of animal camouflage (by fabiogis50) Can you find the crabs camouflaged against the beach sand? (by babyruthinmd) Paradoxophyla palmata, a narrow-headed frog native to Madagascar. The frog’s brown and …
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From clouds and snow flakes, to crystals and blood vessels, approximate fractals are easily found in nature. Coined by french mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975, a “fractal” is a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole, a property …
1Gumprecht’s Green Pit Viper This striking bright green snake, commonly known as Gumprecht’s green pit viper, is found in the Southeast Asian region of Greater Mekong. The serpent, which has the formal name Trimeresurus gumprechti, was first described by scientists in 2002, although he doesn’t look like he appreciates having been discovered. 2Snakefish In 2002, …
1Albino Alligators From over 2 million alligators in the United States, only about 40 are albino.This 14 year-old albino alligator (Alligator mississppiensis), named ‘White Diamond’, was born in Louisiana in the U.S. grew up at the St. Augustin-Alligator Farm in Florida, and is now part of a travelling reptile show called ‘Land der Reptilien’. 2Albino …