Topic: NATURE - on November 9, 2009 at 11:49:00 AM CET
50,000 dead starfish found on Irish beach
Extreme weather conditions have killed tens of thousands of starfish and left them strewn across a sheltered beach.
A carpet of pink and mauve echinoderms, a family of marine animals, appeared yesterday morning on Lissadell Beach in north Co Sligo.
The adult starfish, measuring between 7cm and 20cm in diameter and estimated to be up to 50,000 in number, stretched along 150 metres of the strand.
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Topic: NATURE - on November 7, 2009 at 12:11:00 PM CET
Who's taken my fur coat? Vets baffled by bald bears with mystery condition
You'd have thought a fur coat would have been the ultimate bear necessity.
But not for the unfortunate Dolores who has lost all her body hair and has just been left with a few tufts around her head.
Vets have been left baffled by the condition of the bespectacled bear, who lives at a zoo in Leipzig.
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Topic: NATURE - on October 31, 2009 at 12:21:00 PM CET
Giant penis-eating worm found in UK aquarium
A giant worm that eats penises and feeds them to its offspring has been found at a public aquarium in the UK.
Staff at The Deep in Hull recently discovered a 1m/39" specimen while moving rocks in one of the aquarium's exhibits
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Topic: NATURE - on October 31, 2009 at 11:38:00 AM CET
Ein Wal in Lebensgröße im Web
Ein Flash-Banner der Wal- und Delphinschutzorganisation WDSC (Wale and Dolphin Conservation Society) zeigt einen Blauwal in Lebensgröße im Web.
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Topic: NATURE - on October 28, 2009 at 9:40:00 AM CET
10-foot Great White Shark bitten nearly in half by 20-foot 'monster shark' near Australian beach
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
Swimmers were warned that a "monster shark" was prowling off a popular Australian beach, one that nearly bit a 10-foot great white shark in half last week, London's Daily Mail reported.
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Topic: NATURE - on October 25, 2009 at 2:37:00 PM CET
The Weirdest Clouds that You’ll Ever See
Nature has always been a source of inspiration for designers to look at things differently.
We all know that a tree doesn’t always have green leaves, water is not blue and clouds are certainly not always white and puffy. As designers, we need to know to look beyond the obvious when looking at things.
Cloud formations such as mammatus or lenticular among others, are perfect examples of how intricate and different nature can be. There are even so called ‘ufo clouds’, which truly resemble the shape of a UFO.
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Topic: NATURE - on October 23, 2009 at 11:03:00 AM CEST
Ice-skating bear kills circus trainer
An ice-skating bear has turned on its owners, killing a circus manager and injuring another of its trainers.
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Topic: NATURE - on October 23, 2009 at 11:02:00 AM CEST
Bär auf Schlittschuhen tötet Zirkusdirektor
Bei den Proben für eine Eisrevue in Kirgisistan ist ein dressierter Bär durchgedreht. Er griff den Zirkusdirektor an, biss den 25-Jährigen in den Hals und zerrte ihn mit sich. Jede Hilfe kam zu spät.
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Topic: NATURE - on October 15, 2009 at 9:48:00 AM CEST
Lizards filmed 'walking on water'
A "Jesus Christ" lizard, filmed from above and below the water
Remarkable slow-motion footage has been taken of two lizards that seem to do the impossible - walk on water.
A high-definition film, shot at 2,000 frames per second, shows a brown basilisk lizard running across the surface of a pond in Belize.
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Topic: NATURE - on September 27, 2009 at 10:21:00 AM CEST
Haunting face crying a river of tears as glacier melts into the sea
At first glimpse it looks like any other glacier you might find in the freezing Arctic wastes of Norway.
But on closer inspection an eerie face is depicted in the melting ice wall that appears to be crying a river of tears.
The forlorn-looking 'Mother Nature' figure appeared to locals during a thaw, with the melting ice and snow falling towards the sea below.
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Topic: NATURE - on September 15, 2009 at 11:47:00 AM CEST
Snake with foot found in China
Dean Qiongxiu, 66, said she discovered the reptile clinging to the wall of her bedroom with its talons in the middle of the night.
"I woke up and heard a strange scratching sound. I turned on the light and saw this monster working its way along the wall using his claw," said Mrs Duan of Suining, southwest China.
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Topic: NATURE - on August 29, 2009 at 1:19:00 PM CEST
Axolotl verges on wild extinction
The amphibian that never grew up is on the verge of going extinct in the wild.
New survey work suggests that fewer than 1,200 Mexican axolotls remain in its last stronghold, the Xochimilco area of central Mexico.
The axolotl is a type of salamander that uniquely spends its whole life in its larval form.
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