Results tagged “animal news”

Huge blob of Arctic goo floats past Slope communities - It isn't oil. It is biological. It may be some sort of algae bloom, but no one remembers ever seeing anything like it. I am wondering if it is the Blob! After all, they did find the remains of a bird (bones and feathers) in it....

The tiddler who caught a monster: Schoolgirl angler nets record catch that's twice her size and weighs 14stone - This is an amazing story! This young English girl has broken the world's record too!

H1N1 pandemic spreading too fast to count: WHO - This story just scares me! I am not only worried about the overall affect on the world of a pandemic, but I have plans to go to Australia and New Zealand in two months...geez!

Treatment neutralizes muscular dystrophy in mice - This is an awesome story! I once worked with a child with muscular dystrophy. She died when she was 4 years old. She was an amazing little girl. I know Jerry Lewis must be smiling.

You know that I love animals! Well check out this interesting little fellow!

Is that the most interesting thing ever or what? It's body parts remind one of a mole, a pig, a porcupine, and an anteater! And one of his legs resembles a human foot to me! This shy little guy is only found in the rainforests of New Guinea and a few surrounding islands.

One thing that makes him neat is that he is one of three living species of mammals that lays eggs to reproduce (these mammals are called monotremes).

Scientists say they can learn a lot by studying this little guy...when they are able to catch up with him!

A recent maritime dive has found some new "Bizarre" animals during their excursion. Since these are several thousand feet down, I doubt we will be seeing them on our trip to Australia, but they are pretty cool looking!

The Sea Squirt is my favorite. It is like a pitcher plant in a way, but it is an animal, not a plant.

Be sure to read more about the Sea Squirt and take a look at the other interesting new animals!

Wow, I knew that ticks were bad...but they don't just take it out on us humans...they hurt bats too! This bat orphanage/hospital is in Queensland, Australia. Perhaps it will be a place we will see on our tour next year!

Check out this video at National Geographic

Who knew bats could be so cute?

As if blood sucking mosquitos and ticks weren't bad enough, now we have to watch out for vampire moths.

Go check out this video for some amazing creatures like the one pictured above (which is a comb jelly).

And here you can see more photos of these interesting new creatures that have been recently found. Beautiful, aren't they?

The pale, blind ant was found in the Amazon rain forest and is the only known surviving member of a lineage that separated from the main ant family more than a hundred million years ago, biologists reported in September 2008.

His very unusual appearance led scientists to name him Martialis heureka. Martialis means 'of Mars'.

The finding of such an unusual looking creation, has led scientists to believe there are many, many more undiscovered and unusual species living below ground.

For more information, read the rest of this interesting development here

I have long been fascinated with the legend of Bigfoot (I prefer the name Sasquatch). I remember back in the 70s seeing video of Bigfoot. It never seemed a stretch for me to beleive that in the wilder areas, such a creature could exist.

Well, now some Bigfoot hunters from Georgia have killed one and will be releasing more information about it today! This is one for the record books folks and if all pans out, will have scientists scrambling!