The Strange, Strange Ocean Sunfish

On October 23, 2015 by Tim Newman
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The ocean sunfish is the heaviest known bony fish, weighing an average of between 247 and 1,000 kg (545–2,205 lb). They are rather monstrous to look at – all flattened and disheveled. Even their Latin name...

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The Magnificent Hoopoe: From Ancient Adulation To CBeebies

On October 22, 2015 by Tim Newman
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The hoopoe has charmed everyone from ancient Egyptians to the viewers of CBeebies. It’s an amazing species with some impressive quirks… the Estonians aren’t so keen on him though. The hoopoe is a wonderful...

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Giuseppe Arcimboldo & His Fruity Faces

On October 2, 2015 by Tim Newman
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Giuseppe Arcimboldo is famous for painting portraits out of fruits, vegetables, and whatever else took his fancy. As you will see from the standard of his art, he was very talented, if a little...

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Clouds Casting 1000 Mile Shadows From Space

On September 11, 2015 by Tim Newman
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NASA’s International Space Station has brought us earthlings some of the most awesome photographs of our planet ever taken. Chris Hadley pinged a myriad of wonders back to earth during his stay in...

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Beautiful Long Exposure Photos Of Fireflies By Yume Cyan

On September 10, 2015 by Tim Newman
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Yume Cyan recently spent some quality time in the forests around Nagoya City, Japan. Yume took along a camera, set the aperture to low and the exposure to long. Bish bash bosh, some...

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Clarisse d’Arcimoles: The People Of Burma

On September 5, 2015 by Tim Newman
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Burma, or Myanmar, is a country which has been closed off to the world at large for decades. The military junta and corrupt regime finally ended in 2012; the people are still crushingly poor...

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Konstantinovich Aivazovsky: A Prolific Master Of Seascapes

On August 18, 2015 by Tim Newman
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Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900) was a Russian Romantic painter. He was predominantly renowned for his majorly impressive seascapes. Born into an Armenian family, he lived in Crimea for the majority of his life. Aivazovsky was...

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VIDEO: Capybara On The Run In Russian Zoo

On August 15, 2015 by Tim Newman
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It’s not often that the capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) gets much attention in the media. So it’s nice to see a video of one surface on social media. They deserve their turn in the spotlight....

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Incredible Photographs Of An Innercity Predator

On August 7, 2015 by Tim Newman
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I took the images in this post from a website called palemale.com. The website owner takes intimate photos of wildlife that persists in city centres, particularly of a red-tailed hawk called Pale Male who...

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German Lion Man: Oldest Animal Statue In The World At 40,000 Years

On August 6, 2015 by Tim Newman
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The so-called lion man statue was discovered in 1939 in a German cave — the Stadel cave in Hohlenstein Mountain in the Lone valley, to be precise. The lion man of the Hohlenstein Stadel has...

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